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 primary electrolytic copper refining process wastewater introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:
(a) Subpart E—Casting Contact Cooling.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of copper cast
|
| Arsenic | .692 | .309
|
| Copper | .638 | .304
|
| Nickel | .274 | .184 |
(b) Subpart E—Anode and Cathode Rinse.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of cathode copper production
|
| Arsenic | .000 | .000
|
| Copper | .000 | .000
|
| Nickel | .000 | .000 |
(c) Subpart E—Spent Electrolyte.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of cathode copper production
|
| Arsenic | .068 | .031
|
| Copper | .063 | .030
|
| Nickel | .027 | .018 |
(d) Subpart E—Casting Wet Air Pollution Control.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of casting production
|
| Arsenic | .000 | .000
|
| Copper | .000 | .000
|
| Nickel | .000 | .000 |
(e) Subpart E—By-Product Recovery.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of product recovered from electrolytic slimes processing
|
| Arsenic | .000 | .000
|
| Copper | .000 | .000
|
| Nickel | .000 | .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 421.56