Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to this subpart 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. The mass of wastewater pollutants in secondary tungsten and cobalt process wastewater introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:
(a) Tungsten detergent wash and rinse.
PSNS for the Secondary Tungsten and Cobalt Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of tungsten scrap washed
|
| Copper | 0.250 | 0.119
|
| Nickel | 0.107 | 0.072
|
| Ammonia (as N) | 25.990 | 11.430
|
| Cobalt | 0.538 | 0.236
|
| Tungsten | 0.679 | 0.302 |
(b) Tungsten leaching acid.
PSNS for the Secondary Tungsten and Cobalt Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of tungsten produced
|
| Copper | 3.291 | 1.569
|
| Nickel | 1.414 | 0.951
|
| Ammonia (as N) | 342.700 | 150.700
|
| Cobalt | 7.096 | 3.111
|
| Tungsten | 8.947 | 3.985 |
(c) Tungsten post-leaching wash and rinse.
PSNS for the Secondary Tungsten and Cobalt Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of tungsten produced
|
| Copper | 6.583 | 3.137
|
| Nickel | 2.829 | 1.903
|
| Ammonia (as N) | 685.600 | 301.400
|
| Cobalt | 14.194 | 6.223
|
| Tungsten | 17.900 | 7.792 |
(d) Synthetic scheelite filtrate.
PSNS for the Secondary Tungsten and Cobalt Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of synthetic scheelite produced
|
| Copper | 21.330 | 10.170
|
| Nickel | 9.164 | 6.165
|
| Ammonia (as N) | 2,221.000 | 976.300
|
| Cobalt | 45.984 | 20.160
|
| Tungsten | 57.980 | 25.820 |
(e) Tungsten carbide leaching wet air pollution control.
PSNS for the Secondary Tungsten and Cobalt Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of tungsten carbide scrap leached
|
| Copper | 2.241 | 1.068
|
| Nickel | 0.963 | 0.648
|
| Ammonia (as N) | 233.400 | 102.600
|
| Cobalt | 4.833 | 2.119
|
| Tungsten | 6.093 | 2.714 |
(f) Tungsten carbide wash water.
PSNS for the Secondary Tungsten and Cobalt Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of tungsten carbide produced
|
| Copper | 10.670 | 5.083
|
| Nickel | 4.583 | 3.083
|
| Ammonia (as N) | 1,111.000 | 488.300
|
| Cobalt | 22.999 | 10.083
|
| Tungsten | 29.000 | 12.920 |
(g) Cobalt sludge leaching wet air pollution control.
PSNS for the Secondary Tungsten and Cobalt Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of cobalt produced from cobalt sludge
|
| Copper | 45.800 | 21.830
|
| Nickel | 19.680 | 13.240
|
| Ammonia (as N) | 4,770.000 | 2,097.000
|
| Cobalt | 98.756 | 43.295
|
| Tungsten | 124.500 | 55.460 |
(h) Crystallization decant.
PSNS for the Secondary Tungsten and Cobalt Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of cobalt produced
|
| Copper | 53.310 | 25.410
|
| Nickel | 22.910 | 15.410
|
| Ammonia (as N) | 5,552,000 | 2,441.000
|
| Cobalt | 114.954 | 50.397
|
| Tungsten | 144.900 | 64.560 |
(i) Acid wash decant.
PSNS for the Secondary Tungsten and Cobalt Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of cobalt produced
|
| Copper | 24.400 | 11.630
|
| Nickel | 10.490 | 7.053
|
| Ammonia (as N) | 2,541.000 | 1,117.000
|
| Cobalt | 52.611 | 23.065
|
| Tungsten | 66.340 | 29.550 |
(j) Cobalt hydroxide filtrate.
PSNS for the Secondary Tungsten and Cobalt Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of cobalt produced
|
| Copper | 72.510 | 34.560
|
| Nickel | 31.160 | 20.960
|
| Ammonia (as N) | 7,551.000 | 3,320.000
|
| Cobalt | 156.346 | 68.543
|
| Tungsten | 197.100 | 87.800 |
(k) Cobalt hydroxide filter cake wash.
PSNS for the Secondary Tungsten and Cobalt Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of cobalt produced
|
| Copper | 139.600 | 66.510
|
| Nickel | 59.970 | 40.430
|
| Ammonia (as N) | 14,530.000 | 6,389.000
|
| Cobalt | 300.094 | 131.932
|
| Tungsten | 379.400 | 169.000 |
authority: Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307 (b) and (c), 308 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) and the Water Quality Act of 1987 (the “Act”);
33 U.S.C. 1311,
1314,
c,
e,
and, 1316 (b) and
c, 1317 (b) and
c,
1318; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217; 101 Stat. 7, Pub. L. 100-4
source: 49 FR 8790, Mar. 8, 1984, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 421.316