40 CFR 457.12 - Effluent limitations and guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.

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Title 40: Protection of Environment

CHAPTER I: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

SUBCHAPTER N: EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS

PART 457: EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY

Subpart A: Manufacture of Explosives Subcategory

457.12 - Effluent limitations and guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.

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 explosives by a point source subject to the provisions of this paragraph after application of the best practical control technology currently available:

[Metric units, kg/kkg of product; English units, lb/1,000 lb of product]1 Within the range 6.0 to 9.0.

Effluent characteristic	Effluent limitations	Maximum for any 1 day	Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days shall not exceed?
COD	7.77	2.59
BOD5	0.72	0.24
TSS	0.25	0.084
pH	(1)	(1)

[41 FR 10184, Mar. 9, 1976, as amended at 60 FR 33971, June 29, 1995]

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