Regulations last checked for updates: May 17, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: May 15, 2024
§ 408.307 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology.

Except as provided in §§ 125.30 through 125.32, the following limitations establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this section, which may be discharged by a point source subject to the provisions of this subpart after application of the best conventional pollutant control technology:

Effuent characteristic Efflluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for thirty consecutive days shall not exceed—
Metric units (kg/kkg of product)
TSS5.71.4
Oil and grease7.30.23
pH( 1)( 1)
English units (pounds per 1,000 lb of product)
TSS5.71.4
Oil and grease7.30.23
pH( 1)( 1)

1 Within the range 6.0 to 9.0.

[51 FR 24998, July 9, 1986]
authority: Secs. 301, 304 (b) and (c), 306 (b) and (c), 307(c), of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; 33 U.S.C. 1251,1311,1314,1316,1317; 86 Stat. 816
source: 39 FR 23140, June 26, 1974, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 408.307