Regulations last checked for updates: May 01, 2025
Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Nov 01, 2025
§ 415.220 - Applicability; description of the titanium dioxide production subcategory.
This subpart applies to discharges to waters of the United States and introduction of pollutants into publicly owned treatment works resulting from the production of titanium dioxide by the sulfate process, the chloride process, and the simultaneous beneficiation-chlorination (chloride-ilmenite) process.
§ 415.221 - Specialized definitions.
For the purpose of this subpart:
(a) Except as provided below, the general definitions, abbreviations and methods of analysis set forth in 40 CFR part 401 shall apply to this subpart.
(b) The term product shall mean titanium dioxide.
§ 415.222 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT).
(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart and producing titanium dioxide by the sulfate process must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT):
Subpart V—Titanium Dioxide-Sulfate Process
Pollutant or pollutant property
| BPT effluent limitations
|
---|
Maximum for any 1 day
| Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
|
---|
| Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
|
TSS | 140 | 38
|
Chromium (T) | 0.48 | 0.21
|
Nickel (T) | 0.29 | 0.14
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(b) Except as provided for in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart and producing titanium dioxide by the chloride process must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT):
Subpart V—Titanium Dioxide-Chloride Process
Pollutant or pollutant property
| BPT effluent limitations
|
---|
Maximum for any 1 day
| Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
|
---|
| Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
|
TSS | 23 | 6.4
|
Chromium (T) | 0.057 | 0.030
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(c) Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart and producing titanium dioxide by the simultaneous beneficiation-chlorination (chloride/ilmenite) process must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT):
Subpart V—Titanium Dioxide-Chloride-Ilmenite Process
Pollutant or pollutant property
| BPT effluent limitations
|
---|
Maximum for any 1 day
| Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
|
---|
| Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
|
TSS | 35 | 9.6
|
Chromium (T) | 0.12 | 0.053
|
Nickel (T) | 0.072 | 0.035
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
[47 FR 28278, June 29, 1982, as amended at 47 FR 55227, Dec. 8, 1982]
§ 415.223 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable (BAT).
(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart and producing titanium dioxide by the sulfate process must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable (BAT): The limitations are the same for Chromium(T) and Nickel(T) as specified in § 415.222(a).
(b) Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart and producing titanium dioxide by the chloride process must achieve the following effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable (BAT): The limitations for Chromium(T) are the same as specified in § 415.222(b).
(c) Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart and producing titanium dioxide by the simultaneous beneficiation-chlorination (chloride-ilmenite) process must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable (BAT): The limitations for Chromium(T) and Nickel(T) are the same as specified in § 415.222(c).
§ 415.224 - [Reserved]
§ 415.225 - New source performance standards (NSPS).
(a) Any new source subject to this subpart producing titanium dioxide by the sulfate process must achieve the following new source performance standards (NSPS):
Subpart V—Titanium Dioxide-Sulfate Process
Pollutant or pollutant property
| NSPS effluent limitations
|
---|
Maximum for any 1 day
| Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
|
---|
| Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
|
TSS | 110 | 30
|
Iron (T) | 4.1 | 1.2
|
Chromium (T) | 0.27 | 0.14
|
Nickel (T) | 0.18 | 0.095
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(b) Any new source subject to this subpart producing titanium dioxide by the chloride process must achieve the following new source performance standards (NSPS):
Subpart V—Titanium Dioxide-Chloride Process
Pollutant or pollutant property
| NSPS effluent limitations
|
---|
Maximum for any 1 day
| Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
|
---|
| Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
|
TSS | 14 | 4.0
|
Iron (T) | 0.52 | 0.16
|
Chromium (T) | 0.023 | 0.012
|
ph | (
1) | (
1)
|
(c) Any new source subject to this subpart producing titanium dioxide by the simultaneous beneficiation-chlorination (chloride-ilmenite) process must achieve the following new source performance standards (NSPS):
Subpart V—Titanium Dioxide-Chloride-Ilmenite Process
Pollutant or pollutant property
| NSPS effluent limitations
|
---|
Maximum for any 1 day
| Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
|
---|
| Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
|
TSS | 8.4 | 2.4
|
Iron (T) | 0.32 | 0.096
|
Chromium (T) | 0.014 | 0.0072
|
Nickel (T) | 0.020 | 0.010
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
§ 415.226 - Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).
(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to this subpart and producing titanium dioxide by the sulfate process which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS):
Subpart V—Titanium Dioxide—Sulfate Process
Pollutant or pollutant property
| PSNS effluent limitations
|
---|
Maximum for any 1 day
| Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
|
---|
| Milligrams per liter (mg/1)
|
Iron (T) | 8.5 | 2.5
|
Chromium (T) | 0.57 | 0.30
|
Nickel (T) | 0.38 | 0.20 |
In cases where POTWs find it necessary to impose mass limitations, the following equivalent mass limitations are provided as an alternate: The limitations for Iron(T), Chromium(T), and Nickel(T) are the same as specified in § 415.225(a).
(b) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to this subpart and producing titanium dioxide by the chloride process which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS):
Subpart V—Titanium Dioxide-Chloride Process
Pollutant or pollutant property
| PSNS effluent limitations
|
---|
Maximum for any 1 day
| Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
|
---|
| Milligrams per liter (mg/1)
|
Iron (T) | 5.3 | 1.6
|
Chromium (T) | 0.23 | 0.12 |
In cases where POTWs find it necessary to impose mass limitations, the following equivalent mass limitations are provided as guidance: The limitations for Iron(T) and Chromium(T) are the same as specified in § 415.255(b).
(c) Except as provided in § 403.7, any new source subject to this subpart and producing titanium dioxide by the simultaneous beneficiation-chlorination (chloride-ilmenite) process which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS):
Subpart V—Titanium Dioxide-Chloride-Ilmenite Process
Pollutant or pollutant property
| PSNS effluent limitations
|
---|
Maximum for any 1 day
| Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
|
---|
| Milligrams per liter (mg/l)
|
Iron (T) | 5.3 | 1.6
|
Chromium (T) | 0.23 | 0.12
|
Nickel (T) | 0.33 | 0.17 |
In cases where POTWs find it necessary to impose mass limitations, the following equivalent mass limitations are provided as an alternate: The limitations for Iron (T), Chromium (T), and Nickel (T) are the same as specified in § 415.225(c).
§ 415.227 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology (BCT).
Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology (BCT): The limitations are the same for TSS and pH as specified in § 415.222.
[47 FR 55227, Dec. 8, 1982]
authority: Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307 (b) and (c), and 501 of the Clean Water Act (the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977) (the “Act”);
33 U.S.C. 1311,
1314,
c,
e,
and, 1316 (b) and
c, 1317 (b) and
c,
and; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217
source: 47 FR 28278, June 29, 1982, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 415.225