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Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Nov 21, 2024
§ 420.30 - Applicability; description of the ironmaking subcategory.

The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges and to the introduction of pollutants into publicly owned treatment works resulting from ironmaking operations in which iron ore is reduced to molten iron in a blast furnace.

§ 420.31 - Specialized definitions.

(a) For ironmaking blast furnaces, the term product means the amount of molten iron produced.

(b) The term molten iron means iron produced in a blast furnace as measured at the blast furnace, and may include relatively minor amounts of blast furnace slag that may be skimmed from the molten iron at the steelmaking shop or other location remote from the blast furnace.

(c) The term iron blast furnace means all blast furnaces except ferromanganese blast furnaces.

(d) The term existing indirect dischargers means only those two iron blast furnace operations with discharges to publicly owned treatment works prior to May 27, 1982.

[67 FR 64266, Oct. 17, 2002]
§ 420.32 - Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT).

Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.

(a) Iron blast furnace.

Subpart C

Pollutant or pollutant property BPT effluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
Kg/kkg (pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
TSS0.07820.0260
Ammonia-N0.1610.0537
Cyanide0.02340.00782
Phenols (4AAP)0.006260.00210
pH( 1)( 1)

1 Within the range of 6.0 to 9.0.

(b) [Reserved]

[47 FR 23284, May 27, 1982; 47 FR 41739, Sept. 22, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 64266, Oct. 17, 2002]
§ 420.33 - Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable (BAT).

Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable.

(a) Iron blast furnace.

Subpart C

Pollutant or pollutant property BAT effluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
Kg/kkg (pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
Ammonia-N0.008760.00292
Cyanide0.001750.000876
Phenols (4AAP)0.00005840.0000292
TRC 10.000146
Lead0.0002630.0000876
Zinc0.0003940.000131

1 The limitation for TRC shall be applicable only when chlorination of ironmaking wastewaters is practiced.

(b) [Reserved]

[47 FR 23284, May 27, 1982; 47 FR 41739, Sept. 22, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 21030, May 17, 1984; 67 FR 64266, Oct. 17, 2002]
§ 420.34 - New source performance standards (NSPS).

The discharge of wastewater pollutants from any new source subject to this subpart shall not exceed the standards set forth below.

(a) Iron blast furnace.

Subpart C

Pollutant or pollutant property New source performance standards
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
Kg/kkg (pounds per 1,000 lb) of products
TSS0.01170.00438
O&G0.00292
Ammonia-N0.008760.00292
Cyanide0.0005840.000292
Phenols (4AAP)0.00005840.0000292
TRC 10.000146
Lead0.0002630.0000876
Zinc0.0003940.000131
pH ( 2) ( 2)

1 The standards for TRC shall be applicable only when chlorination of ironmaking wastewaters is practiced.

2 Within the range of 6.0 to 9.0.

(b) [Reserved]

[47 FR 23284, May 27, 1982; 47 FR 41739, Sept. 22, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 21030, May 17, 1984; 67 FR 64266, Oct. 17, 2002]
§ 420.35 - Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing 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 existing sources.

(a) Iron blast furnace.

Subpart C

Pollutant or pollutant property Pretreatment standards for existing sources
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
Kg/kkg (pounds per 1,000 lb) of products
Ammonia-N 10.008760.00292
Cyanide0.001750.000876
Phenols (4AAP)0.00005840.0000292
Lead0.0002630.0000876
Zinc0.0003940.000131

1 The pretreatment standards for ammonia are not applicable to sources that discharge to a POTW with nitrification capability (defined at 420.02(s)).

(b) [Reserved]

(c) Existing indirect dischargers.

Subpart C

Pollutant or pollutant property Pretreatment standards for existing sources
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
Kg/kkg (pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
Ammonia-N0.03500.0175
Cyanide0.001750.000876
Phenols (4AAP)0.0001750.0000584
Lead0.0002630.0000876
Zinc0.0003940.000131
[47 FR 23284, May 27, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 21030, May 17, 1984; 67 FR 64266, Oct. 17, 2002]
§ 420.36 - Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

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.

(a) Iron blast furnace.

Subpart C

Pollutant or pollutant property Pretreatment standards for new sources
Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days
Kg/kkg (pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
Ammonia-N 10.008760.00292
Cyanide0.0005840.000292
Phenols (4AAP)0.00005840.0000292
Lead0.0002630.0000876
Zinc0.0003940.000131

1 The pretreatment standards for ammonia are not applicable to sources that discharge to a POTW with nitrification capability (defined at § 420.02 (s)).

(b) [Reserved]

[47 FR 23284, May 27, 1982, as amended at 49 FR 21030, May 17, 1984; 67 FR 64267, Oct. 17, 2002]
§ 420.37 - [Reserved]
source: 47 FR 23284, May 27, 1982, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 420.31