40 CFR 421.216 - Pretreatment standards for new sources.

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§ 421.216 - Pretreatment standards for new sources.

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to this subpart which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for new sources. The mass of wastewater pollutants in primary molybdenum and rhenium process wastewater introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:

(a) Molybdenum sulfide leachate.

PSNS for the Primary Molybdenum and Rhenium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of molybdenum sulfide leached		Arsenic	0.644	0.287	Lead	0.130	0.060	Nickel	0.255	0.171	Selenium	0.380	0.171	Molybdenum	[Reserved]	[Reserved].	Ammonia (as N)	61.720	27.130	Fluoride	16.210	9.214

(b) Roaster SO2 scrubber.

PSNS for the Primary Molybdenum and Rhenium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of molybdenum sulfide roasted		Arsenic	2.334	1.041	Lead	0.470	0.218	Nickel	0.924	0.621	Selenium	1.377	0.621	Molybdenum	[Reserved]	[Reserved].	Ammonia (as N)	223.800	98.390	Fluoride	58.770	33.410

(c) Molybdic oxide leachate.

PSNS for the Primary Molybdenum and Rhenium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of molybdenum contained in molybdic oxide leached		Arsenic	16.100	7.182	Lead	3.244	1.506	Nickel	6.371	4.286	Selenium	9.499	4.286	Molybdenum	[Reserved]	[Reserved].	Ammonia (as N)	1,544.000	678.800	Fluoride	405.400	230.500

(d) Hydrogen reduction furnace scrubber.

PSNS for the Primary Molybdenum and Rhenium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of molybdenum metal powder produced		Arsenic	3.183	1.420	Lead	0.641	0.298	Nickel	1.260	0.847	Selenium	1.878	0.847	Molybdenum	[Reserved]	[Reserved].	Ammonia (as N)	305.300	134.200	Fluoride	80.150	45.570

(e) Depleted rhenium scrubbing solution.

PSNS for the Primary Molybdenum and Rhenium Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of molybdenum sulfide roasted		Arsenic	0.995	0.444	Lead	0.201	0.093	Nickel	0.394	0.265	Selenium	0.587	0.265	Molybdenum	[Reserved]	[Reserved].	Ammonia (as N)	95.440	41.960	Fluoride	25.060	14.250

[50 FR 38355, Sept. 20, 1985, as amended at 55 FR 31702, 31703, Aug. 3, 1990]

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 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317 (b) and (c), 1318 and 1361; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217; 101 Stat. 7, Pub. L. 100-4.

SOURCE: 49 FR 8790, Mar. 8, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 40 CFR 421.216