Regulations last checked for updates: May 10, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Jun 26, 2024
§ 426.115 - 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 (the fluoride and lead limitations are applicable to the abrasive polishing and acid polishing waste water streams while the TSS, oil, and pH limitations are applicable to the entire process waste water stream):

Effluent characteristic Effluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days shall not exceed—
Metric units (g/kkg of furnace pull)
Oil260.0130.0
TSS260.0130.0
Fluoride120.060.0
Lead30.90.45
pH( 1)( 1)
English units (lb/1,000 lb of furnace pull)
Oil0.260.13
TSS0.260.13
Fluoride0.120.06
Lead0.00090.00045
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
source: 39 FR 2565, Jan. 22, 1974, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 426.115