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Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Nov 16, 2025
All TitlesTitle 40Chapter IPart 467Subpart C - Subpart C—Extrusion Subcategory
View all text of Subpart C [§ 467.30 - § 467.37]
§ 467.33 - Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable.

(a) 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:

(b) There shall be no discharge allowance for wastewater pollutants from the degassing operation.

(c) The discharge of wastewater pollutants from the core and ancillary operation except those in (b) of this section, shall not exceed the values set forth below:

Subpart C Core
Pollutant or pollutant property BAT effluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum extruded
Chromium0.150.061
Cyanide0.0980.041
Zinc0.490.21
Aluminum2.191.09
Subpart C Extrusion Press Leakage
Pollutant or pollutant property BAT effluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum extruded
Chromium0.650.27
Cyanide0.430.18
Zinc2.160.90
Aluminum9.514.73
Subpart C Direct Chill Casting Contact Cooling Water
Pollutant or pollutant property BAT effluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum cast
Chromium0.590.24
Cyanide0.390.16
Zinc1.940.81
Aluminum8.554.26
Subpart C Press Heat Treatment Contact Cooling Water
Pollutant or pollutant property BAT effluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum quenched
Chromium0.900.37
Cyanide0.590.25
Zinc2.981.25
Aluminum13.106.52
Subpart C Solution Heat Treatment Contact Cooling Water
Pollutant or pollutant property BAT effluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum quenched
Chromium0.900.37
Cyanide0.590.25
Zinc2.981.25
Aluminum13.106.52
Subpart C Cleaning or Etching Bath
Pollutant or pollutant property BAT effluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum cleaned or etched
Chromium0.0790.032
Cyanide0.0520.022
Zinc0.2620.109
Aluminum1.150.58
Subpart C Cleaning or Etching Rinse
Pollutant or pollutant property BAT effluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum cleaned or etched
Chromium1.70.7
Cyanide1.20.5
Zinc5.72.4
Aluminum2513
Subpart C Cleaning or Etching Scrubber Liquor
Pollutant or pollutant property BAT effluent limitations
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum cleaned or etched
Chromium0.850.35
Cyanide0.560.23
Zinc2.821.18
Aluminum12.436.19
[48 FR 49149, Oct. 24, 1983; 49 FR 11631, 11633, 11634, Mar. 27, 1984, as amended at 53 FR 52370, Dec. 27, 1988]
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) andc, 1317(b) andc,1318; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217; 101 Stat. 7, Pub. L. 100-4
source: 48 FR 49149, Oct. 24, 1983, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 467.33
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