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 control technology currently available:
(a) Sodium Antimonate Autoclave Wastewater.
BPT Limitations for the Primary Antimony Subcategory
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of antimony contained in sodium antimonate product
|
Antimony | 44.840 | 20.000
|
Arsenic | 32.650 | 14.530
|
Mercury | 3.906 | 1.562
|
Total suspended solids | 640.600 | 304.700
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(b) Fouled anolyte.
BPT Limitations for the Primary Antimony Subcategory
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of antimony metal produced by electrowinning
|
Antimony | 44.840 | 20.000
|
Arsenic | 32.650 | 14.530
|
Mercury | 3.906 | 1.562
|
Total suspended solids | 640.600 | 304.700
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(c) Cathode Antimony Wash Water.
BPT Limitations for the Primary Antimony Subcategory
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of antimony metal produced by electrowinning
|
Antimony | 89.680 | 40.000
|
Arsenic | 65.310 | 29.060
|
Mercury | 7.812 | 3.125
|
Total suspended solids | 1,281.000 | 609.300
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
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 421.142