Regulations last checked for updates: May 17, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: May 15, 2024
§ 411.12 - 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):

Effluent characteristic Effluent limitations (maximum for any 1 day)
Metric units (kg/kkg of product)
TSS0.005.
Temperature (heat)Not to exceed 3 °C rise above inlet temperature.
pHWithin the range 6.0 to 9.0.
English units (lb/1,000 lb of product)
TSS0.005.
Temperature (heat)Not to exceed 3 °C rise above inlet temperature.
pHWithin the range 6.0 to 9.0.
[39 FR 6591, Feb. 20, 1974, as amended at 60 FR 33950, June 29, 1995]
authority: Secs. 301, 304 (b) and (c), 306 (b) and (c), and 307(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; 33 U.S.C. 1251,1311,1314,1316,and; 86 Stat. 816
source: 39 FR 6591, Feb. 20, 1974, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 411.12