This subpart applies to discharges to waters of the United States and to the introduction of process wastewater pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works from wood preserving operations which use the Boulton process as the predominant method of conditioning stock.
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 (BPT): There shall be no discharge of process wastewater pollutants into navigable waters.
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 (BAT): There shall be no discharge of process wastewater pollutants into navigable waters.
Any new source subject to this subpart must achieve the following new source performance standards (NSPS): There shall be no discharge of process wastewater pollutants into navigable waters.
Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing source subject to this subpart which introduces process wastewater pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and meet the following pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES):
Subpart H
[PSES Effluent Limitations]
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day (mg/l)
|
|---|
| Oil and grease | 100
|
| Copper | 5
|
| Chromium | 4
|
| Arsenic | 4 |
Subpart H
[PSES Effluent Limitations; grams per cu m of production]
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
|
|---|
| Oil and grease | 20.5
|
| Copper | .62
|
| Chromium | .41
|
| Arsenic | .41 |
Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to this subpart which introduces process wastewater pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS): There shall be no introduction of process wastewater pollutants into publicly owned treatment works.
authority: Secs. 301, 304(b), (c), (e), and (g), 306(b) and (c), 307(a)(b) and (c) 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) (the “Act”);
33 U.S.C. 1311,
1314,
c,
e,
and, 1316(b) and
c, 1317(b) and
c,
and; 86 Stat. 815, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217
source: 46 FR 8285, Jan. 26, 1981, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 429.93