40 CFR 426.55 - Standards of performance for new sources.

Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 17, 2025

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Nov 17, 2025

View all text of Subpart E [§ 426.50 - § 426.57]

§ 426.55 - Standards of performance for new sources.

The following standards of performance establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this section, which may be discharged by a new source subject to the provisions of this subpart:

Effluent characteristic	Effluent limitations
Effluent characteristic	Maximum for any 1 day	Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days shall not exceed—
	Metric units (g/kkg of product)
TSS	0.70	0.70
Oil	1.40	1 .40
Phosphorus	0.05	.05
pH	( ¹)	( ¹)
	English units (lb/ton of product)
TSS	0.0014	0.0014
Oil	0.0028	.0028
Phosphorus	0.0001	.0001
pH	( ¹)	( ¹)

¹ Within the range 6.0 to 9.0.

authority: Secs. 301, 304 (b) and (c), 306 (b) and (c), 307(c), and 316(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; 33 U.S.C. 1251,1311,1314,1316,1317; 86 Stat. 816

cite as: 40 CFR 426.55