40 C.F.R. § 421.125

Current through October 31, 2024

Section 421.125 - Pretreatment standards for existing sources

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.

(a) Subpart L-Film Stripping.

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

(b) Subpart L-Film Stripping Wet Air Pollution Control and Precipitation and Filtration of Film Stripping Solutions Wet Air Pollution Control.

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

(c) Subpart L-Precipitation and Filtration of Film Stripping Solutions.

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

(d) Subpart L-Precipitation and Filtration of Photographic Solutions.

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

(e) Subpart L-Precipitation and Filtration of Photographic Solutions Wet Air Pollution Control.

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

(f) Subpart L-Electrolytic Refining.

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

(g) Subpart L-Furnace Wet Air Pollution Control.

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

(h) Subpart L-Leaching.

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

(i) Subpart L-Leaching Wet Air Pollution Control and Precipitation of Nonphotographic Solutions Wet Air Pollution Control.

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

(j) Subpart L-Precipitation and Filtration of Nonphotographic Solutions.

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

(k) Subpart L-Floor and Equipment Washdown.

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