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Title 40 - PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENTChapter I - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYSubchapter N - EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDSPart 414 - ORGANIC CHEMICALS, PLASTICS, AND SYNTHETIC FIBERS
Subpart H - SPECIALTY ORGANIC CHEMICALS
Section 414.81 - Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT)

40 C.F.R. § 414.81

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Section 414.81 - Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT)

Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32 , and in 40 CFR 414.11(i) for point sources with production in two or more subcategories, any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve discharges not exceeding the quantity (mass) determined by multiplying the process wastewater flow subject to this subpart times the concentration listed in the following table.

Effluent characteristicsBPT effluent limitations1
Maximum for any one day Maximum for monthly average
BOD512045
TSS18357
pH(2)(2)

1 All units except pH are milligrams per liter.

2 Within the range of 6.0 to 9.0 at all times.

40 C.F.R. §414.81

52 FR 42568, Nov. 5, 1987, as amended at 57 FR 41844, Sept. 11, 1992