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Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Oct 15, 2024
§ 414.110 - Applicability; description of the subcategory of indirect discharge point sources.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to the process wastewater discharges resulting from the manufacture of the OCPSF products and product groups defined by § 414.11 from any indirect discharge point source.

§ 414.111 - Toxic pollutant standards for indirect discharge point sources.

(a) Any point source subject to this subpart must achieve discharges not exceeding the quantity (mass) determined by multiplying the process wastewater flow subject to this subpart times the concentration listed in the following table.

(b) In the case of lead, zinc, and total cyanide the discharge quantity (mass) shall be determined by multiplying the concentrations listed in the following table for these pollutants times the flow from metal-bearing waste streams for metals and times the flow from the cyanide-bearing waste streams for total cyanide. The metal-bearing waste streams and cyanide-bearing waste streams are defined as those waste streams listed in appendix A of this part, plus any additional OCPSF process wastewater streams identified by the control authority on a case-by-case basis as metal or cyanide bearing based upon a determination that such streams contain significant amounts of the pollutants identified above. Any such streams designated as metal or cyanide bearing must be treated independently of other metal or cyanide bearing waste streams unless the control authority determines that the combination of such streams, prior to treatment, with the appendix A waste streams will result in substantial reduction of these pollutants. This determination must be based upon a review of relevant engineering, production, and sampling and analysis information.

Effluent characteristics PSES and PSNS 1
Maximum for any one day Maximum for any monthly average
Acenaphthene4719
Anthracene4719
Benzene13457
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate25895
Carbon Tetrachloride380142
Chlorobenzene380142
Chloroethane295110
Chloroform325111
Di-n-butyl phthalate4320
1,2-Dichlorobenzene794196
1,3-Dichlorobenzene380142
1,4-Dichlorobenzene380142
1,1-Dichloroethane5922
1,2-Dichloroethane574180
1,1-Dichloroethylene6022
1,2-trans-Dichloroethylene6625
1,2-Dichloropropane794196
1,3-Dichloropropylene794196
Diethyl phthalate11346
Dimethyl phthalate4719
4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol27778
Ethylbenzene380142
Fluoranthene5422
Fluorene4719
Hexachlorobenzene794196
Hexachlorobutadiene380142
Hexachloroethane794196
Methyl Chloride295110
Methylene Chloride17036
Naphthalene4719
Nitrobenzene6,4022,237
2-Nitrophenol23165
4-Nitrophenol576162
Phenanthrene4719
Pyrene4820
Tetrachloroethylene16452
Toluene7428
Total Cyanide1,200420
Total Lead690320
Total Zinc 22,6101,050
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene794196
1,1,1-Trichloroethane5922
1,1,2-Trichloroethane12732
Trichloroethylene6926
Vinyl Chloride17297

1 All units are micrograms per liter.

2 Total Zinc for Rayon Fiber Manufacture that uses the viscose process and Acrylic Fiber Manufacture that uses the zinc chloride/solvent process is 6,796 µg/l and 3,325 µg/l for maximum for any one day and maximum for monthly average, respectively.

authority: Secs. 301, 304, 306, 307, and 501, Pub. L. 92-500, 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 95-217, 91 Stat. 156, Pub. L. 100-4, 101 Stat. 7 (33 U.S.C. 1311,1314,1316,1317,and
source: 52 FR 42568, Nov. 5, 1987, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 414.111