[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR459.12]

[Page 512-513]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 459--PHOTOGRAPHIC POINT SOURCE CATEGORY--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart A--Photographic Processing Subcategory
 
Sec. 459.12  Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control 
          technology currently available.

    In establishing the limitations set forth in this section, EPA took 
into account all information it was able to collect, develop and solicit 
with respect to factors (such as age and size of plant, raw materials, 
manufacturing processes, products produced, treatment technology 
available energy requirements and costs) which can affect the industry 
subcategorization and effluent levels established. It is, however, 
possible that data which would affect these limitations have not been 
available and, as a result, these limitations should be adjusted for 
certain plants in this industry. An individual discharger or other 
interested person may submit evidence to the Regional Administrator (or 
to the State, if the State has the authority to issue NPDES permits) 
that factors relating to the equipment of facilities involved, the 
process applied, or other such factors related to such discharger are 
fundamentally different from the factors considered in the establishment 
of the guidelines. On the basis of such evidence or other available 
information, the Regional Administrator (or the State) will make a 
written finding that such factors are or are not fundamentally different 
for that facility compared to those specified in the Development 
Document. If such fundamentally different factors are found to exist, 
the Regional Administrator or the State shall establish for the 
discharger effluent limitations in the NPDES permit either more or less 
stringent than the limitations established herein, to the extent 
dictated by such fundamentally different factors. Such limitations must 
be approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
The Administrator may approve or disapprove such limitations, specify 
other limitations, or initiate proceedings to revise these regulations.
    (a) The following limitations establish the quantity or quality of 
pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled

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by this paragraph, which may be discharged from a photographic 
processing point source subject to the provisions of this paragraph 
after application of the best practicable control technology currently 
available:

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                                                Effluent limitations
                                           -----------------------------
                                                        Average of daily
          Effluent characteristic             Maximum     values for 30
                                             for any 1  consecutive days
                                                day     shall not exceed-
                                                                -
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                                             Metric units (kilograms per
                                               1,000 m \2\ of product)

                                           -------------
Ag........................................        0.14              0.07
CN........................................        0.18              0.09
pH........................................       (\1\)             (\1\)

                                           -------------
                                              English units (pounds per
                                              1,000 ft \2\ of product)

                                           -------------
Ag........................................       0.030             0.015
CN........................................       0.038             0.019
pH........................................       (\1\)             (\1\)
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\1\ Within the range 6.0 to 9.0.