[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR455.25]

[Page 473-474]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 455--PESTICIDE CHEMICALS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart A--Organic Pesticide Chemicals Manufacturing Subcategory
 
Sec. 455.25  New source performance standards (NSPS).

    (a) Any new source subject to this subpart which discharges process 
wastewater pollutants must achieve the new source performance standards 
specified in 40 CFR 455.20(d), and subject to 455.20(a), must meet the 
following standards for BOD5, TSS, COD and pH:

                    New Source Performance Standards
                                Standards
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Average
                                                       Maximum  of daily
                                                       for any   values
           Pollutant or pollutant property               one      shall
                                                        day**      not
                                                                exceed**
------------------------------------------------------------------------
COD..................................................    9.360     6.480
BOD5.................................................    5.328    1.1520
TSS..................................................    4.392    1.2960
pH...................................................        *         *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Within the range 6.0 to 9.0
** Metric units: Kilogram pollutant /1,000 kg of total organic active
  ingredients.
English units: Pound pollutant/1,000 lb of total organic active
  ingredients


    (b) For the priority pollutants, such sources must achieve 
discharges not exceeding the quantity (mass) determined by multiplying 
the process wastewater flow subject to this subpart as defined in 40 CFR 
455.21(d) times the concentrations listed in table 4 or table

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5 of this part, as appropriate, of this subpart.

[58 FR 50690, Sept. 28, 1993]