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Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: May 16, 2024
§ 421.22 - 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 40 CFR 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 technology currently available (BPT):

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
Metric units—kg/kkg of product
English units—lbs/thousand lbs of product
Fluoride2.01.0
Total Suspended solids3.01.5
pH( 1)( 1)

1 Within the range of 6 to 9 at all times.

[49 FR 8792, Mar. 8, 1984; 49 FR 29794, July 24, 1984]
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) andc, 1317 (b) andc,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 421.22