Regulations last checked for updates: May 16, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: May 14, 2024
§ 408.312 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.

Except as provided in §§ 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT):

(a) Any herring fillet processing facility located in population or processing centers including but not limited to Anchorage, Cordova, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak and Petersburg shall meet the following limitations:

Effluent characteristic Effluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days shall not exceed—
Metric units (kg/kkg of seafood)
TSS3224
Oil and grease2710
pH( 1)( 1)
English units (lb/1,000 lb of seafood)
TSS3224
Oil and grease2710
pH( 1)( 1)

1 Within the range 6.0 to 9.0.

(b) Any Alaskan herring fillet processing facility not covered under § 408.312(a) shall meet the following limitations: No pollutants may be discharged which exceed 1.27 cm (0.5 inch) in any dimension.

[40 FR 55798, Dec. 1, 1975, as amended at 60 FR 33948, June 29, 1995]
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 408.312