The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from the production of nickel by secondary nickel facilities processing slag, spent acids, or scrap metal raw materials.
For the purpose of this subpart the general definitions, abbreviations, and methods of analysis set forth in 40 CFR 401 shall apply to this subpart.
Any new source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following new source performance standards:
(a) Slag reclaim tailings.
NSPS for the Secondary Nickel Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of slag input to reclaim process
|
| Chromium (total) | 5.653 | 2.313
|
| Copper | 24.410 | 12.850
|
| Nickel | 24.670 | 16.320
|
| Total suspended solids | 526.800 | 250.500
|
| pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(b) Acid reclaim leaching filtrate.
NSPS for the Secondary Nickel Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of acid reclaim nickel produced
|
| Chromium (total) | 2.198 | 0.899
|
| Copper | 9.491 | 4.995
|
| Nickel | 9.590 | 6.344
|
| Total suspended solids | 204.800 | 97.400
|
| pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(c) Acid reclaim leaching belt filter backwash.
NSPS for the Secondary Nickel Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of acid reclaim nickel produced
|
| Chromium (total) | 0.528 | 0.216
|
| Copper | 2.278 | 1.199
|
| Nickel | 2.302 | 1.523
|
| Total suspended solids | 49.160 | 23.380
|
| pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
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. The mass of wastewater pollutants in secondary nickel process wastewater introduced into a POTW must not exceed the following values:
(a) Slag reclaim tailings.
PSES for the Secondary Nickel Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of slag input to reclaim process
|
| Chromium (total) | 5.653 | 2.313
|
| Copper | 24.410 | 12.850
|
| Nickel | 24.670 | 16.320 |
(b) Acid reclaim leaching filtrate.
PSES for the Secondary Nickel Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of acid reclaim nickel produced
|
| Chromium (total) | 2.198 | 0.899
|
| Copper | 9.491 | 4.995
|
| Nickel | 9.590 | 6.344 |
(c) Acid reclaim leaching belt filter backwash
PSES for the Secondary Nickel Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of acid reclaim nickel produced
|
| Chromium (total) | 0.528 | 0.216
|
| Copper | 2.278 | 1.199
|
| Nickel | 2.302 | 1.523 |
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. The mass of wastewater pollutants in secondary nickel process wastewater introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:
(a) Slag reclaim tailings.
PSNS for the Secondary Nickel Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of slag input to reclaim process
|
| Chromium (total) | 5.653 | 2.313
|
| Copper | 24.410 | 12.850
|
| Nickel | 24.670 | 16.320 |
(b) Acid reclaim leaching filtrate.
PSNS for the Secondary Nickel Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of acid reclaim nickel produced
|
| Chromium (total) | 2.198 | 0.899
|
| Copper | 9.491 | 4.995
|
| Nickel | 9.590 | 6.344 |
(c) Acid reclaim leaching belt filter backwash.
PSNS for the Secondary Nickel Subcategory
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of acid reclaim nickel produced
|
| Chromium (total) | 0.528 | 0.216
|
| Copper | 2.278 | 1.199
|
| Nickel | 2.302 | 1.523 |
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) and
c, 1317 (b) and
c,
1318; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217; 101 Stat. 7, Pub. L. 100-4
source: 49 FR 8790, Mar. 8, 1984, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 421.240