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) Still liquor.
BAT Limitations for the Primary and Secondary Germanium and Gallium Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of germanium chlorinated
|
| Arsenic | 131.700 | 58.590
|
| Lead | 26.460 | 12.600
|
| Zinc | 91.980 | 38.430
|
| Fluoride | 2,205.000 | 1,254.000 |
(b) Chlorinator wet air pollution control.
BAT Limitations for the Primary and Secondary Germanium and Gallium Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of germanium chlorinated
|
| Arsenic | 27.530 | 12.250
|
| Lead | 5.531 | 2.634
|
| Zinc | 19.230 | 8.034
|
| Fluoride | 461.000 | 262.100 |
(c) Germanium hydrolysis filtrate.
BAT Limitations for the Primary and Secondary Germanium and Gallium Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of germanium hydrolyzed
|
| Arsenic | 39.440 | 17.550
|
| Lead | 7.925 | 3.774
|
| Zinc | 27.550 | 11.510
|
| Fluoride | 660.500 | 375.500 |
(d) Acid wash and rinse water.
BAT Limitations for the Primary and Secondary Germanium and Gallium Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of germanium washed
|
| Arsenic | 325.50 | 144.80
|
| Lead | 65.40 | 31.14
|
| Zinc | 227.40 | 94.99
|
| Fluoride | 5,450.00 | 3,099.00 |
(e) Gallium hydrolysis filtrate.
BAT Limitations for the Primary and Secondary Germanium and Gallium Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of germanium hydrolyzed
|
| Arsenic | 70.450 | 31.350
|
| Lead | 14.160 | 6.742
|
| Zinc | 49.220 | 20.560
|
| Fluoride | 1,180.000 | 670.800 |
(f) Solvent extraction raffinate.
BAT Limitations for the Primary and Secondary Germanium and Gallium Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of gallium produced by solvent extraction
|
| Arsenic | 39.330 | 17.500
|
| Lead | 7.904 | 3.764
|
| Zinc | 27.480 | 11.480
|
| Fluoride | 658.700 | 374.500 |
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 421.183