[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR471.92]

[Page 784-787]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 471--NONFERROUS METALS FORMING AND METAL POWDERS POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart I--Zirconium-Hafnium Forming Subcategory
 
Sec. 471.92  Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically 
          achievable (BAT).

    Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing 
point source subject to this subpart must achieve the following effluent 
limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by 
the application of the best available technology economically achievable 
(BAT):
    (a) Rolling spent neat oils--Subpart I--BAT. There shall be no 
discharge of process wastewater pollutants.

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    (b) Drawing spent lubricants--Subpart I--BAT. There shall be no 
discharge of process wastewater pollutants.
    (c) Extrusion spent emulsions--Subpart I--BAT. There shall be no 
discharge of process wastewater pollutants.
    (d) Extrusion press hydraulic fluid leakage.

                             Subpart I--BAT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 mg/off-kg (pounds per
                                                 million off-pounds of
                                              zirconium-hafnium extruded
                                             ---------------
Chromium....................................         0.104         0.043
Cyanide.....................................         0.069         0.029
Nickel......................................         0.455         0.301
Ammonia.....................................        31.6          13.9
Fluoride....................................        14.1           6.26
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (e) Swaging spent neat oils.--There shall be no discharge of process 
wastewater pollutants.
    (f) Heat treatment contact cooling water.

                             Subpart I--BAT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 mg/off-kg (pounds per
                                                million off-pounds) of
                                                zirconium-hafnium heat
                                                        treated
                                             ---------------
Chromium....................................         0.015         0.006
Cyanide.....................................         0.010         0.004
Nickel......................................         0.066         0.044
Ammonia.....................................         4.57          2.01
Fluoride....................................         2.04          0.906
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (g) Tube Reducing Spent Lubricant-- Subpart I--BAT.
    (1) There shall be no discharge of process wastewater pollutants 
except as provided under paragraph (g)(2) of this section.
    (2) Process wastewater pollutants may be discharged, with no 
allowance for any pollutants discharged, provided the facility owner or 
operator demonstrates, on the basis of analytical methods set forth in 
or approved pursuant to 40 CFR part 136, that the concentrations of 
nitrosamine compounds in the wastewater discharged from the tube 
reducing process do not exceed 0.050 mg/l of N-nitrosodimethylamine, 
0.020 mg/l of N-nitrosodiphenylamine, and 0.020 mg/l of N-nitrosodi-n-
propylamine.
    (3) The demonstration required under paragraph (g)(2) of this 
section shall be made once per month until the demonstration has been 
made for all three nitrosamine compounds for six consecutive months, 
after which time the demonstration may be made once per quarter. If a 
sample is found to contain any of the foregoing nitrosamine compounds at 
concentrations greater than those specified in paragraph (g)(2) of this 
section, the actions described in paragraph (g)(4) of this section shall 
be taken, and the demonstration required under paragraph (g)(2) of this 
section shall be made once per month until it has been made for all 
three nitrosamine compounds for six consecutive months.
    (4) If sampling results show that any of the foregoing nitrosamine 
compounds is present in the process wastewater at concentrations greater 
than those specified in paragraph (g)(2) of this section, the facility 
owner or operator shall ensure that, within thirty days of receiving 
written notification of the sampling results, there is no further 
discharge of tube reducing spent lubricant wastewater until the owner or 
operator:
    (i) Performs a subsequent analysis which demonstrates that the 
concentrations of the foregoing nitrosamine compounds do not exceed the 
levels specified in paragraph (g)(2) of this section; or
    (ii) Substitutes a new tube reducing lubricant and thereafter 
complies with the requirements of paragraph (g)(3) of this section; or
    (iii) Determines the source of the pollutant whose concentration 
exceeded the level specified in paragraph (g)(2) of this section and 
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the NPDES issuing authority that 
such source has been eliminated.
    (5) The concentration limits specified in paragraph (g)(2) of this 
section apply at the point of discharge from the tube reducing process. 
However, sampling after the tube reducing wastewater has been commingled 
with other wastewaters is permitted if:
    (i) Any dilution caused by the other wastewaters is taken into 
account in determining the appropriate (i.e.,

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lower) allowable discharge concentration; and
    (ii) An analytical method of sufficient sensitivity is used to 
measure the levels of each of the foregoing nitrosamine compounds in the 
wastewaters being sampled.
    (h) Surface treatment spent baths.

                             Subpart I--BAT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 mg/off-kg (pounds per
                                                million off-pounds) of
                                               zirconium-hafnium surface
                                                        treated
                                             ---------------
Chromium....................................         0.150         0.061
Cyanide.....................................         0.099         0.041
Nickel......................................         0.653         0.432
Ammonia.....................................        45.3          20
Fluoride....................................        20.3           8.98
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (i) Surface treatment rinse.

                             Subpart I--BAT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 mg/off-kg (pounds per
                                                million off-pounds) of
                                               zirconium-hafnium surface
                                                        treated
                                             ---------------
Chromium....................................         0.391         0.160
Cyanide.....................................         0.258         0.107
Nickel......................................         1.71          1.13
Ammonia.....................................       119            52.1
Fluoride....................................        52.9          23.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (j) Alkaline cleaning spent baths.

                             Subpart I--BAT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 mg/off-kg (pounds per
                                                million off-pounds) of
                                              zirconium-hafnium alkaline
                                                        cleaned
                                             ---------------
Chromium....................................         0.704         0.288
Cyanide.....................................         0.464         0.192
Nickel......................................         3.07          2.03
Ammonia.....................................       214            93.8
Fluoride....................................        95.2          42.3
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (k) Alkaline cleaning rinse.

                             Subpart I--BAT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 mg/off-kg (pounds per
                                                million off-pounds) of
                                              zirconium-hafnium alkaline
                                                        cleaned
                                             ---------------
Chromium....................................         1.380         0.565
Cyanide.....................................         0.911         0.377
Nickel......................................         6.03          3.99
Ammonia.....................................       419           184
Fluoride....................................       187            82.9
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (l) Sawing or grinding spent emulsions.

                             Subpart I--BAT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 mg/off-kg (pounds per
                                                million off-pounds) of
                                              zirconium-hafnium sawed or
                                                 ground with emulsions
                                             ---------------
Chromium....................................         0.124         0.051
Cyanide.....................................         0.082         0.034
Nickel......................................         0.540         0.357
Ammonia.....................................        37.5          16.5
Fluoride....................................        16.7           7.42
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (m) Wet air pollution control scrubber blowdown--Subpart I--BAT. 
There shall be no allowance for the discharge of process wastewater 
pollutants.
    (n) Degreasing spent solvents--Subpart I--BAT. There shall be no 
discharge of process wastewater pollutants.
    (o) Degreasing rinse--Subpart I--BAT. There shall be no discharge of 
process wastewater pollutants.
    (p) Molten salt rinse.

                             Subpart I--BAT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 mg/off-kg (pounds per
                                                million off-pounds) of
                                               zirconium-hafnium treated
                                                   with molten salt
                                             ---------------
Chromium....................................         0.333         0.136
Cyanide.....................................         0.220         0.091
Nickel......................................         1.45          0.960
Ammonia.....................................       101            44.3
Fluoride....................................        45.0          20.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (q) Sawing or grinding contact cooling water.

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                             Subpart I--BAT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 mg/off-kg (pounds per
                                                million off-pounds) of
                                              zirconium-hafnium sawed or
                                                  ground with contact
                                                     cooling water
                                             ---------------
Chromium....................................         0.142         0.058
Cyanide.....................................         0.093         0.039
Nickel......................................         0.617         0.408
Ammonia.....................................        42.8          18.8
Fluoride....................................        19.1           8.48
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (r) Sawing or grinding rinse.

                             Subpart I--BAT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 mg/off-kg (pounds per
                                                million off-pounds) of
                                              sawed or ground zirconium-
                                                    hafnium rinsed
                                             ---------------
Chromium....................................         0.079         0.033
Cyanide.....................................         0.052         0.022
Nickel......................................         0.346         0.229
Ammonia.....................................        24.0          10.6
Fluoride....................................        10.7           4.75
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (s) Sawing or grinding spent neat oils--Subpart I--BAT. There shall 
be no discharge of process wastewater pollutants.
    (t) Inspection and testing wastewater.

                             Subpart I--BAT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property          Maximum for    monthly
                                                 any 1 day     average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 mg/off-kg (pounds per
                                                 million off-pounds) of
                                                zirconium-hafnium tested
                                              ---------------
Chromium.....................................         0.007        0.003
Cyanide......................................         0.005        0.002
Nickel.......................................         0.030        0.020
Ammonia......................................         2.06         0.903
Fluoride.....................................         0.917        0.407
------------------------------------------------------------------------


[50 FR 34270, Aug. 23, 1985; 51 FR 2888, Jan. 22, 1986, as amended at 54 
FR 11351, Mar. 17, 1989]