Regulations last checked for updates: May 14, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: May 10, 2024
§ 437.42 - Effluent limitations attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT).

(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32 or § 437.40(b), any existing facility subject to this subpart which combines treated or untreated wastes from subparts A, B, or C of this part may be subject to Multiple Wastestream Subcategory effluent limitations representing the application of BPT set forth in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), or (e) of this section if the discharger agrees to the following conditions in its NPDES permit:

(1) The discharger will meet the applicable Multiple Wastestream Subcategory limitations set forth in (b), (c), (d) or (e);

(2) The discharger will notify its NPDES permit writer at the time of renewal or modification of its permit, of its desire to be subject to the Multiple Waste Subcategory by submitting to the NPDES permit writer an initial certification statement as described in § 437.41(a);

(3) The discharger will submit to its NPDES permitting authority a periodic certification statement as described in § 437.41(b) once a year; and

(4) The discharger will maintain at the office of the facility and make available for inspection the on-site compliance paperwork as described in § 437.41(c).

(b) Combined waste receipts from subparts A, B, and C of this part. (1) As provided in § 437.42(a), any existing point source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the application of BPT:

BPT Limitations

Regulated
parameter
Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1
Conventional Parameters
BOD516353.0
O&G12738.0
pH( 2)( 2)
TSS74.130.6
Metal Parameters
Antimony0.2490.206
Arsenic0.1620.104
Cadmium0.01720.0102
Chromium0.7460.323
Cobalt0.1920.124
Copper0.5000.242
Lead0.3500.160
Mercury0.002340.000739
Nickel3.951.45
Silver0.1200.0351
Tin0.4090.120
Titanium0.09470.0618
Vanadium0.2180.0662
Zinc0.4970.420
Organic Parameters
Acetone30.27.97
Acetophenone0.1140.0562
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate0.2150.101
2-Butanone4.811.85
Butylbenzyl phthalate0.1880.0887
Carbazole0.5980.276
o-Cresol1.920.561
p-Cresol0.6980.205
n-Decane0.9480.437
Fluoranthene0.05370.0268
n-Octadecane0.5890.302
Phenol3.651.08
Pyridine0.3700.182
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol0.1550.106

1 mg/L (ppm).

2 OSC Within the range 6 to 9.

(2) The following in-plant limitations apply to metal-bearing wastewater containing cyanide:

In-Plant Limitations

Regulated
parameter
Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1
Cyanide500178

1 mg/L (ppm).

(c) Combined waste receipts from subparts A and B of this part. (1) As provided in § 437.42(a), any existing point source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the application of BPT:

BPT Limitations

Regulated
parameter
Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1
Conventional Parameters
O&G12738.0
pH( 2)( 2)
TSS74.130.6
Metal Parameters
Antimony0.2490.206
Arsenic0.1620.104
Cadmium0.01720.0102
Chromium0.7460.323
Cobalt0.1920.124
Copper0.5000.242
Lead0.3500.160
Mercury0.002340.000739
Nickel3.951.45
Silver0.1200.0351
Tin0.4090.120
Titanium0.09470.0618
Vanadium0.2180.0662
Zinc2.870.641
Organic Parameters
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate0.2150.101
Butylbenzyl phthalate0.1880.0887
Carbazole0.5980.276
n-Decane0.9480.437
Fluoranthene0.05370.0268
n-Octadecane0.5890.302

1 mg/L (ppm).

2 Within the range 6 to 9.

(2) The following in-plant limitations apply to metal-bearing wastewater containing cyanide:

In-Plant Limitations

Regulated
parameter
Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1
Cyanide500178

1 mg/L (ppm).

(d) Combined waste receipts from subparts A and C of this part. (1) As provided in § 437.42(a), any existing point source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the application of BPT:

BPT Limitations

Regulated
parameter
Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1
Conventional Parameters
BOD 516353.0
O&G20550.2
pH( 2)( 2)
TSS60.031.0
Metal Parameters
Antimony0.2490.206
Arsenic0.1620.104
Cadmium0.4740.0962
Chromium15.53.07
Cobalt0.1920.124
Copper0.8650.757
Lead1.320.283
Mercury0.002340.000739
Nickel3.951.45
Silver0.1200.0351
Tin0.4090.120
Titanium0.09470.0618
Vanadium0.2180.0662
Zinc0.4970.420
Organic Parameters
Acetone30.27.97
Acetophenone0.1140.0562
2-Butanone4.811.85
o-Cresol1.920.561
p-Cresol0.6980.205
Phenol3.651.08
Pyridine0.3700.182
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol0.1550.106

1 mg/L (ppm).

2 Within the range 6 to 9.

(2) The following in-plant limitations apply to metal-bearing wastewater containing cyanide:

In-Plant Limitations

Regulated
parameter
Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1
Cyanide500178

1 mg/L (ppm).

(e) Combined waste receipts from subparts B and C of this part. As provided in § 437.42(a), any existing point source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the application of BPT:

BPT Limitations

Regulated
parameter
Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1
Conventional Parameters
BOD516353.0
O&G12738.0
pH( 2)( 2)
TSS74.130.6
Metal Parameters
Arsenic2.951.33
Cadmium0.01720.0102
Chromium0.7460.323
Cobalt56.418.8
Copper0.5000.242
Lead0.3500.160
Mercury0.01720.00647
Tin0.3350.165
Zinc0.4970.420
Organic Parameters
Acetone30.27.97
Acetophenone0.1140.0562
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate0.2150.101
2-Butanone4.811.85
Butylbenzyl phthalate0.1880.0887
Carbazole0.5980.276
o-Cresol1.920.561
p-Cresol0.6980.205
n-Decane0.9480.437
Fluoranthene0.05370.0268
n-Octadecane0.5890.302
Phenol3.651.08
Pyridine0.3700.182
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol0.1550.106

1 mg/L (ppm).

2 Within the range 6 to 9.

[65 FR 81300, Dec. 22, 2000, as amended at 68 FR 71023, 71024, Dec. 22, 2003]
source: 65 FR 81300, Dec. 22, 2000, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 437.42