Regulations last checked for updates: May 19, 2024

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

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 molybdenum and rhenium process wastewater introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:

(a) Molybdenum sulfide leachate.

PSNS for the Primary Molybdenum and Rhenium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of molybdenum sulfide leached
Arsenic0.6440.287
Lead0.1300.060
Nickel0.2550.171
Selenium0.3800.171
Molybdenum[Reserved][Reserved].
Ammonia (as N)61.72027.130
Fluoride16.2109.214

(b) Roaster SO2 scrubber.

PSNS for the Primary Molybdenum and Rhenium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of molybdenum sulfide roasted
Arsenic2.3341.041
Lead0.4700.218
Nickel0.9240.621
Selenium1.3770.621
Molybdenum[Reserved][Reserved].
Ammonia (as N)223.80098.390
Fluoride58.77033.410

(c) Molybdic oxide leachate.

PSNS for the Primary Molybdenum and Rhenium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of molybdenum contained in molybdic oxide leached
Arsenic16.1007.182
Lead3.2441.506
Nickel6.3714.286
Selenium9.4994.286
Molybdenum[Reserved][Reserved].
Ammonia (as N)1,544.000678.800
Fluoride405.400230.500

(d) Hydrogen reduction furnace scrubber.

PSNS for the Primary Molybdenum and Rhenium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of molybdenum metal powder produced
Arsenic3.1831.420
Lead0.6410.298
Nickel1.2600.847
Selenium1.8780.847
Molybdenum[Reserved][Reserved].
Ammonia (as N)305.300134.200
Fluoride80.15045.570

(e) Depleted rhenium scrubbing solution.

PSNS for the Primary Molybdenum and Rhenium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of molybdenum sulfide roasted
Arsenic0.9950.444
Lead0.2010.093
Nickel0.3940.265
Selenium0.5870.265
Molybdenum[Reserved][Reserved].
Ammonia (as N)95.44041.960
Fluoride25.06014.250
[50 FR 38355, Sept. 20, 1985, as amended at 55 FR 31702, 31703, Aug. 3, 1990]
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 421.216