Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Nov 20, 2024
§ 430.66 - Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing source subject to this subpart that introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must: comply with 40 CFR part 403; and achieve the following pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES) if it uses chlorophenolic-containing biocides. Permittees not using chlorophenolic-containing biocides must certify to the permit-issuing authority that they are not using these biocides. PSES must be attained on or before July 1, 1984:

Subpart F

Pollutant or pollutant property PSES
Maximum for any 1 day
Milligrams/liter Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product a
Pentachlorophenol(0.032)(10.3)/y0.0014
Trichlorophenol(0.010)(10.3)/y0.00043
y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product.

a The following equivalent mass limitations are provided as guidance in cases when POTWs find it necessary to impose mass equivalent limitations.

authority: Sections 301, 304, 306, 307, 308, 402, and 501 of the Clean Water Act, as amended, (33 U.S.C. 1311,1314,1316,1317,1318,1342,and,and,as.S.C. 7412)
source: 63 FR 18635, Apr. 15, 1998, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 430.66