40 CFR 421.234 - Standards of performance for new sources.

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§ 421.234 - Standards of performance for new sources.

Any new source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following new source performance standards:

(a) Raw Material Dust Control.

NSPS for the Primary Nickel and Cobalt Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of copper, nickel, and cobalt in the crushed raw material		Copper	0.099	0.047	Nickel	0.042	0.028	Ammonia (as N)	10.260	4.512	Cobalt	0.011	0.005	Total suspended solids	1.155	0.924	pH	1	1

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(b) Nickel wash water.

NSPS for the Primary Nickel and Cobalt Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of nickel powder washed		Copper	0.043	0.021	Nickel	0.019	0.013	Ammonia (as N)	4.515	1.985	Cobalt	0.005	0.002	Total suspended solids	0.508	0.406	pH	1	1

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

NSPS for the Primary Nickel and Cobalt Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of nickel produced		Copper	16.250	7.744	Nickel	6.982	4.697	Ammonia (as N)	1,692.000	743.900	Cobalt	1.777	0.889	Total suspended solids	190.400	152.300	pH	1	1

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(d) Cobalt reduction decant.

NSPS for the Primary Nickel and Cobalt Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of cobalt produced		Copper	27.390	13.050	Nickel	11.770	7.917	Ammonia (as N)	2,852.000	1,254.000	Cobalt	2.996	1.498	Total suspended solids	321.000	256.800	pH	1	1

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

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 421.234