Regulations last checked for updates: May 20, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: May 16, 2024
§ 421.75 - Pretreatment standards for existing sources.

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing source subject to this subpart which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works mut comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for existing sources. The mass of wastewater pollutants in primary lead process wastewater introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:

(a) Subpart G—Sinter Plant Materials Handling Wet Air Pollution Control.

PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kkg (pounds per billion pounds) of sinter production
Lead100.80046.800
Zinc367.200151.200

(b) Subpart G—Blast Furnace Wet Air Pollution Control.

PSES

Pollutant or polluntant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kkg (pound per billion pounds) of blast furnance lead bullion produced
Lead.000.000
Zinc.000.000

(c) Subpart G—Blast Furnace Slag Granulation.

PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kkg (pound per billion pounds) of blast furance lead bullion produced
Lead.000.000
Zinc.000.000

(d) Subpart G—Dross Reverberatory Slag Granulation.

PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kkg (pounds per billion pounds) of slag, speiss, or matte granulated
Lead1,612.000748.400
Zinc5,872.0002,418.000

(e) Subpart G—Dross Reverberatory Furnance Wet Air Pollution Control.

PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kkg (pounds per billion pounds) of dross reverberatory furnace production
Lead.000.000
Zinc.000.000

(f) Subpart G—Zinc Fuming Wet Air Pollution Control.

PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kkg (pounds per billion pounds) of blast furnace lead bullion produced
Lead.000.000
Zinc.000.000

(g) Subpart G—Hard Lead Refining Slag Granulation.

PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kkg (pounds per billion pounds) of hard lead produced
Lead.000.000
Zinc.000.000

(h) Subpart G—Hard Lead Refining Wet Air Pollution Control.

PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kkg (pounds per billion pounds) of hard lead produced
Lead.000.000
Zinc.000.000

(i) Subpart G—Facility Washdown.

PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kkg (pounds per billion pounds) of lead bullion produced.
Lead.000.000
Zinc.000.000

(j) Subpart G—Employee Handwash.

PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kkg (pounds per billion pounds) of lead bullion produced
Lead.924.429
Zinc3.3661.386

(k) Subpart G—Respirator Wash.

PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kkg (pounds per billion pounds) of lead bullion produced
Lead1.484.689
Zinc5.4062.226

(l) Subpart G—Laundering of Uniforms.

PSES

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kkg (pounds per billion pounds) of lead bullion produced
Lead4.3402.015
Zinc15.8106.510
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 421.75