The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from the manufacture of essential oils.
For the purpose of this subpart:
(a) Except as provided below, the general definitions, abbreviations and methods of analysis set forth in 40 CFR part 401 shall apply to this subpart.
(b) The term “product” shall mean essential oils.
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) The following limitations establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this paragraph, which may be discharged from the manufacture of essential oils by a point source subject to the provisions of this paragraph after application of the best practicable control technology currently available:
[Metric units, kg/kkg of product; English units, lb/1,000 lb of product]
| Effluent characteristic
| Effluent limitations
|
|---|
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days shall not exceed—
|
|---|
| BOD5 | 22.7 | 12.0
|
| TSS | 9.01 | 3.11
|
| pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
authority: Secs. 301, 304(b) and (c), 306(b), 307(b) and (c), Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (
33 U.S.C. 1251,
1311,
1314,
1316,
86. 816
source: 41 FR 20511, May 18, 1976, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 454.51