[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR464.43]

[Page 595-596]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 464--METAL MOLDING AND CASTING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D--Zinc Casting Subcategory
 
Sec. 464.43  Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology 
          economically achievable.

    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, except that non-continuous dischargers shall not be subject 
to the maximum day and maximum for monthly average mass (kg/1,000 kkg or 
lb/million lb of metal poured; kg/62.3 million Sm 3 or lb/
billion SCF of air scrubbed) effluent limitations for copper, lead, 
zinc, and total phenols. For non-continuous dischargers, annual average 
mass limitations and maximum day and maximum for monthly average 
concentration (mg/1) limitations shall apply. Concentration limitations 
and annual average mass limitations shall only apply to non-continuous 
dischargers.
    (a) Casting Quench Operations.

                        BAT Effluent Limitations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               kg/1,000 kkg (pounds per
                                               million pounds) of metal
                                                        poured
                                             ---------------
Copper (T)..................................        0.0344        0.0187
Lead (T)....................................        0.0237        0.0116
Zinc (T)....................................        0.0339        0.0129
------------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Maximum for
                                   Maximum for    monthly       Annual
                                    any 1 day     average    average \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   (mg/l) \2\   (mg/l) \2\
Copper (T).......................       0.77         0.42       0.0076
Lead (T).........................       0.53         0.26       0.0067
Zinc (T).........................       0.76         0.29       0.008
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ kg/1,000 kkg (pounds per million pounds) of metal poured.
\2\ These concentrations must be multiplied by the ratio of (5.34/x)
  where x is the actual normalized process wastewater flow (in gallons
  per 1,000 pounds of metal poured) for a specific plant.

    (b) Die Casting Operations.

                        BAT Effluent Limitations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               kg/1,000 kkg (pounds per
                                               million pounds) of metal
                                                        poured
                                             ---------------
Copper (T)..................................        0.0066        0.0036
Lead (T)....................................        0.0046        0.0022
Zinc (T)....................................        0.0066        0.0025
Total phenols...............................        0.0074        0.0026
------------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Maximum for
                                   Maximum for    monthly       Annual
                                    any 1 day     average    average \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   (mg/l) \2\   (mg/l) \2\
Copper (T).......................       0.77         0.42       0.0015
Lead (T).........................       0.53         0.26       0.0013
Zinc (T).........................       0.76         0.29       0.0016
Total phenols....................       0.86         0.3        0.0017
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ kg/1,000 kkg (pounds per million pounds) of metal poured.
\2\ These concentrations must be multiplied by the ratio of (1.04/x)
  where x is the actual normalized process wastewater flow (in gallons
  per 1,000 pounds of metal poured) for a specific plant.

    (c) Melting Furnace Scrubber Operations.

                        BAT Effluent Limitations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Maximum for
      Pollutant or pollutant property        Maximum for      monthly
                                              any 1 day       average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                kg/62.3 million Sm\3\
                                             (pounds per billion SCF) of
                                                    air scrubbed
                                           ----------------
Copper (T)................................         1.56           0.852
Lead (T)..................................         1.07           0.527
Zinc (T)..................................         1.54           0.588
Total phenolse............................         1.74           0.608
------------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Maximum for
                                   Maximum for    monthly       Annual
                                    any 1 day     average    average \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   (mg/l) \2\   (mg/l) \2\

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Copper (T).......................       0.77         0.42        0.345
Lead (T).........................       0.53         0.26        0.304
Zinc (T).........................       0.76         0.29        0.365
Total phenols....................       0.86         0.3         0.406
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ kg/62.3 million Sm \3\ (pounds per billion SCF) of air scrubbed.
\2\ These concentrations must be multiplied by the ratio of (0.243/x)
  where x is the actual normalized process wastewater flow (in gallons
  per 1,000 pounds of metal poured) for a specific plant.

    (d) Mold Cooling Operations.

                        BAT Effluent Limitations
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               kg/1,000 kkg (pounds per
                                               million pounds) of metal
                                                        poured
                                             ----------------
Copper (T)..................................         0.304         0.166
Lead (T)....................................         0.209         0.103
Zinc (T)....................................         0.3           0.114
------------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Maximum
                                         Maximum      for       Annual
                                        for any 1   monthly   average\1\
                                           day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        (mg/l)\2\  (mg/l)\2\
Copper (T)............................       0.77       0.42      0.067
Lead (T)..............................       0.53       0.26      0.0591
Zinc (T)..............................       0.76       0.29      0.071
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ kg/1,000 kkg (pounds per million pounds) of metal poured.
\2\ These concentrations must be multiplied by the ratio of (47.3/x)
  where x is the actual normalized process wastewater flow (in gallons
  per 1,000 pounds of metal poured) for a specific plant.


[50 FR 45247, Oct. 30, 1985; 51 FR 21762, June 16, 1986]