Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 24, 2024
Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Nov 21, 2024
§ 408.150 - Applicability; description of the fish meal processing subcategory.
The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from the processing of menhaden on the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts and the processing of anchovy on the West Coast into fish meal, oil and solubles.
§ 408.151 - Specialized definitions.
For the purpose of this subpart:
(a) Except as provided below, the general definitions, abbreviations and methods of analysis set forth in part 401 of this chapter shall apply to this subpart.
(b) The term seafood shall mean the raw material, including freshwater and saltwater fish and shellfish, to be processed, in the form in which it is received at the processing plant.
§ 408.152 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.
Except as provided in §§ 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT):
(a) Any menhaden or anchovy fish meal reduction facility which utilizes a solubles plant to process stick water or bail water shall meet the following limitations.
| Effluent characteristic
| Effluent limitations
|
|---|
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days shall not exceed—
|
|---|
| Metric units (kilograms per 1,000 kg of seafood)
|
| BOD5 | 7.0 | 3.9
|
| TSS | 3.7 | 1.5
|
| Oil and grease | 1.4 | 0.76
|
| pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
| English units (pounds per 1,000 lb of seafood)
|
| BOD5 | 7.0 | 3.9
|
| TSS | 3.7 | 1.5
|
| Oil and grease | 1.4 | 0.76
|
| pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(b) Any menhaden or anchovy fish meal reduction facility not covered under § 408.152(a) shall meet the following limitations:
| Effluent characteristic
| Effluent limitations
|
|---|
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days shall not exceed—
|
|---|
| Metric units (kg/kkg of seafood)
|
| BOD5 | 3.5 | 2.8
|
| TSS | 2.6 | 1.7
|
| Oil and grease | 3.2 | 1.4
|
| pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
| English units (lb/1,000 lb of seafood)
|
| BOD5 | 3.5 | 2.8
|
| TSS | 2.6 | 1.7
|
| Oil and grease | 3.2 | 1.4
|
| pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
§ 408.153 - [Reserved]
§ 408.154 - Pretreatment standards for existing sources.
Any existing source subject to this subpart that introduces process wastewater pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403. In addition, the following pretreatment standard establishes the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties controlled by this section which may be discharged to a publicly owned treatment works by a point source subject to the provisions of this subpart.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Pretreatment standard
|
|---|
| BOD5 | No limitation.
|
| TSS | Do.
|
| pH | Do.
|
| Oil and grease | Do. |
§ 408.155 - 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
|
|---|
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days shall not exceed—
|
|---|
| Metric units (kilograms per 1,000 kg of seafood)
|
| BOD5 | 6.7 | 3.8
|
| TSS | 3.7 | 1.5
|
| Oil and grease | 1.4 | 0.76
|
| pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
| English units (pounds per 1,000 lb of seafood)
|
| BOD5 | 6.7 | 3.8
|
| TSS | 3.7 | 1.5
|
| Oil and grease | 1.4 | 0.76
|
| pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
§ 408.156 - Pretreatment standards for new sources.
Any new source subject to this subpart that introduces process wastewater pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403. In addition, the following pretreatment standard establishes the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties controlled by this section which may be discharged to a publicly owned treatment works by a new source subject to the provisions of this subpart:
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Pretreatment standard
|
|---|
| BOD5 | No limitation.
|
| TSS | Do.
|
| pH | Do.
|
| Oil and grease | Do. |
§ 408.157 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology (BCT).
Except as provided in §§ 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology (BCT): The limitations shall be the same as those specified for conventional pollutants (which are defined in § 401.16) in § 408.152 of this subpart for the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT).
[51 FR 24997, July 9, 1986]
authority: Secs. 301, 304 (b) and (c), 306 (b) and (c), 307(c), of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended;
33 U.S.C. 1251,
1311,
1314,
1316,
1317; 86 Stat. 816
source: 39 FR 23140, June 26, 1974, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 408.152