Regulations last checked for updates: May 17, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: May 15, 2024
§ 467.36 - Pretreatment standards for new sources.

(a) 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.

(b) There shall be no discharge allowance for wastewater pollutants from the degassing operation.

(c) The mass of wastewater pollutants from the core and ancillary operations except those identified in paragraph (b) introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the values set forth below:

Subpart C Core
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of extruded
Chromium0.130.05
Cyanide0.070.03
Zinc0.350.15
TTO0.24
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter)3.403.40
Subpart C Extrusion Press Leakage
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of hard alloy aluminum extruded
Chromium0.110.05
Cyanide0.060.03
Zinc0.310.13
TTO0.21
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter)2.982.98
Subpart C Direct Chill Casting Contact Cooling Water
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum cast
Chromium0.490.20
Cyanide0.270.11
Zinc1.360.56
TTO0.92
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter)13.2913.29
Subpart C Press Heat Treatment Contact Cooling Water
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum quenched
Chromium0.760.31
Cyanide0.410.17
Zinc2.080.86
TTO1.41
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter)20.3720.37
Subpart C Solution Heat Treatment Contact Cooling Water
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million-off-lbs) of aluminum quenched
Chromium0.760.31
Cyanide0.410.17
Zinc2.080.86
TTO1.41
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter)20.3720.37
Subpart C Cleaning or Etching Bath
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million-off-lbs) of aluminum cleaned or etched
Chromium0.0670.027
Cyanide0.0360.015
Zinc0.1830.075
TTO0.124
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter)1.791.79
Subpart C Cleaning or Etching Rinse
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million-off-lbs) of aluminum cleaned or etched
Chromium0.520.21
Cyanide0.280.11
Zinc1.420.59
TTO0.96
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter)13.9113.91
Subpart C Cleaning or Etching Scrubber Liquor
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million-off-lbs) of aluminum cleaned or etched
Chromium0.720.29
Cyanide0.390.16
Zinc1.970.81
TTO1.34
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter)19.3319.33
[48 FR 49149, Oct. 24, 1983; 49 FR 11632, 11633, 11634, Mar. 27, 1984]
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: 48 FR 49149, Oct. 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 467.36