Regulations last checked for updates: May 15, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: May 13, 2024
§ 437.47 - Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 or § 437.40(b), any new source 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 pretreatment standards representing the application of PSNS set forth in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), or (e) of this section if the discharger agrees to the following conditions in its permit:

(1) The discharger will meet the applicable Multiple Wastestream Subcategory standards set forth in paragraphs (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this section;

(2) The discharger will notify its local control authority at the time of submitting its application for an individual control mechanism or pretreatment agreement of its desire to be subject to Multiple Waste Subcategory by submitting to the local control authority an initial certification statement as described in § 437.41(a);

(3) The discharger will submit to its local control authority a periodic certification statements 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 § 437.47(a), any new source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

Pretreatment Standards (PSNS)

Regulated
parameter
Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1
Metal Parameters
Antimony0.2490.206
Arsenic0.1620.104
Cadmium0.4740.0962
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
Carbazole0.5980.276
o-Cresol1.920.561
p-Cresol0.6980.205
n-Decane0.9480.437
Fluoranthene0.05370.0268
n-Octadecane0.5890.302
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol0.1550.106

1 mg/L (ppm).

(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 § 437.47(a), any new source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

Pretreatment Standards (PSNS)

Regulated
parameter
Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1
Metal Paratmeters
Antimony0.2490.206
Arsenic0.1620.104
Cadmium0.4740.0962
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
Carbazole0.5980.276
n-Decane0.9480.437
Fluoranthene0.05370.0268
n-Octadecane0.5890.302

1 mg/L (ppm).

(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 § 437.47(a), any new source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

Pretreatment Standards (PSNS)

Regulated
parameter
Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1
Metal Parameters
Antimony0.2490.206
Arsenic0.1620.104
Cadmium0.4740.0962
Chromium15.53.07
Cobalt0.1920.124
Copper4.141.06
Lead1.320.283
Mercury0.002340.000739
Nickel3.951.45
Silver0.1200.0351
Tin0.4090.120
Titanium0.09470.0618
Vanadium0.2180.0662
Zinc2.870.641
Organic Parameters
o-Cresol1.920.561
p-Cresol0.6980.205
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol0.1550.106

1 mg/L (ppm).

(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 § 437.47(a), any new source subject to this paragraph must achieve the following pretreatment standards:

Pretreatment Standards (PSNS)

Regulated
parameter
Maximum daily 1 Maximum monthly avg. 1
Metal Parameters
Chromium0.7460.323
Cobalt56.418.8
Copper0.5000.242
Lead0.3500.160
Tin0.3350.165
Zinc8.264.50
Organic Parameters
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate0.2150.101
Carbazole0.5980.276
o-Cresol1.920.561
p-Cresol0.6980.205
n-Decane0.9480.437
Fluoranthene0.05370.0268
n-Octadecane0.5890.302
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol0.1550.106

1 mg/L (ppm).

[65 FR 81300, Dec. 22, 2000, as amended at 68 FR 71025, 71026, Dec. 22, 2003]
source: 65 FR 81300, Dec. 22, 2000, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 437.47