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 available technology economically achievable:
(a) Sodium Antimonate Autoclave Wastewater.
BAT 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 | 30.150 | 13.440
|
| Arsenic | 21.720 | 9.687
|
| Mercury | 2.344 | 0.937 |
(b) Fouled Anolyte.
BAT 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 | 30.150 | 13.440
|
| Arsenic | 21.720 | 9.687
|
| Mercury | 2.344 | 0.937 |
(c) Cathode Antimony Wash Water
BAT Limitations for the Primary Antimony Subcategory
| Pollutant of pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of antimony metal produced by electrowinning
|
| Antimony | 60.310 | 26.870
|
| Arsenic | 43.430 | 19.370
|
| Mercury | 4.687 | 1.875 |
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 421.143