Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13 , any existing 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 existing sources. The mass of wastewater pollutants in secondary silver process wastewater introduced into a POTW must not exceed the following values.
PSES
Pollutant or pollutant property | Maximum for any 1 day | Maximum for monthly average |
mg/troy ounce of silver from film stripping | ||
Copper | 64.450 | 30.720 |
Zinc | 51.360 | 21.150 |
Ammonia (as N) | 6,712.000 | 2,951.000 |
PSES
Pollutant or pollutant property | Maximum for any 1 day | Maximum for monthly average |
mg/troy ounce of silver from precipitation and filtration of film stripping solutions | ||
Copper | 1.242 | .592 |
Zinc | .990 | .408 |
Ammonia (as N) | 129.300 | 56.840 |
PSES
Pollutant or pollutant property | Maximum for any 1 day | Maximum for monthly average |
mg/troy ounce of silver precipitated | ||
Copper | 73.690 | 35.120 |
Zinc | 58.720 | 24.180 |
Ammonia (as N) | 7,674.000 | 3,374.000 |
PSES
Pollutant or pollutant property | Maximum for any 1 day | Maximum for monthly average |
mg/troy ounce of silver precipitated | ||
Copper | 34.048 | 16.226 |
Zinc | 27.132 | 11.172 |
Ammonia (as N) | 3,545.000 | 1,559.000 |
PSES
Pollutant or pollutant property | Maximum for any 1 day | Maximum for monthly average |
mg/troy ounce of silver from precipitation and filtration of photographic solutions | ||
Copper | 15.540 | 7.406 |
Zinc | 12.380 | 5.099 |
Ammonia (as N) | 1,618.000 | 711.400 |
PSES
Pollutant or pollutant property | Maximum for any 1 day | Maximum for monthly average |
mg/troy ounce of silver from electrolytic refining | ||
Copper | .973 | .464 |
Zinc | .775 | .319 |
Ammonia (as N) | 101.300 | 44.540 |
PSES
Pollutant or pollutant property | Maximum for any 1 day | Maximum for monthly average |
mg/troy ounce of silver roasted, smelted, or dried | ||
Copper | .000 | .000 |
Zinc | .000 | .000 |
Ammonia (as N) | .000 | .000 |
PSES
Pollutant or pollutant property | Maximum for any 1 day | Maximum for monthly average |
mg/troy ounce of silver produced from leaching | ||
Copper | .110 | .053 |
Zinc | .088 | .036 |
Ammonia (as N) | 11.470 | 5.040 |
PSES
Pollutant or pollutant property | Maximum for any 1 day | Maximum for monthly average |
mg/troy ounce of silver produced from leaching or silver precipitated | ||
Copper | 5.671 | 2.703 |
Zinc | 4.519 | 1.861 |
Ammonia (as N) | 590.500 | 259.600 |
PSES
Pollutant or pollutant property | Maximum for any 1 day | Maximum for monthly average |
mg/troy ounce of silver precipitated | ||
Copper | 3.930 | 1.873 |
Zinc | 3.132 | 1.290 |
Ammonia (as N) | 409.300 | 179.900 |
PSES
Pollutant or pollutant property | Maximum for any 1 day | Maximum for monthly average |
mg/troy ounce of silver production | ||
Copper | .000 | .000 |
Zinc | .000 | .000 |
Ammonia (as N) | .000 | .000 |
40 C.F.R. §421.125