Industrial Regulations

Effluent guidelines are national standards for wastewater discharges to surface waters and publicly owned treatment works (sometimes called municipal sewage treatment plants). We issue effluent guidelines for categories of existing sources and new sources under Title III of the Clean Water Act. The standards are technology-based (i.e. they are based on the performance of treatment and control technologies); they are not based on risk or impacts upon receiving waters.

Regulations Under Development
Existing Regulations
Other Publications Related to Effluent Guidelines

Regulations Under Development

Existing Regulations

The table below lists the effluent guidelines promulgated by EPA, sorted alphabetically by industry category. The links in the 'Industry Category' column provide an overview of the regulation and available EPA publications for the category. The links under '40 CFR' go directly to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

For many of the newer guidelines (especially those promulgated after 1995), we provide individual industry pp. with the Federal Register notices of proposed and final rules, supplemental notices, fact sheets and other background information. For older guidelines, individual pp. are being developed. We provide an interim link to an EPA staff contact.

Existing Effluent Guidelines
Industry Category	40 CFR Part	First Promulgated	Limitations and Standards
Aluminum Forming	467	1983	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Asbestos Manufacturing	427	1974	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS
Battery Manufacturing	461	1984	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Canned and Preserved Fruits and Vegetable Processing	407	1974	BPT, BCT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Canned and Preserved Seafood (Seafood Processing)	408	1974	BPT, BCT, NSPS
Carbon Black Manufacturing	458	1978	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSNS
Cement Manufacturing	411	1974	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS
Centralized Waste Treatment	437	2000	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Coal Mining	434	1985	BPT, BAT, NSPS
Coil Coating	465	1983	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO)	412	1974	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSNS
Concentrated Aquatic Animal Production (Aquaculture)	451	2004	BPT, BAT, BCT, NSPS
Copper Forming	468	1983	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Dairy Products Processing	405	1974	BPT, BCT, NSPS
Electrical and Electronic Components	469	1983	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Electroplating	413	1981	PSES
Explosives Manufacturing	457	1976	BPT
Ferroalloy Manufacturing	424	1974	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS
Fertilizer Manufacturing	418	1974	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSNS
Glass Manufacturing	426	1974	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSNS
Grain Mills Manufacturing	406	1974	BPT, BCT, NSPS, PSNS
Gum and Wood Chemicals	454	1976	BPT
Hospitals	460	1976	BPT
Ink Formulating	447	1975	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSNS
Inorganic Chemicals	415	1982	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Iron and Steel Manufacturing	420	1982	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Landfills	445	2000	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS
Leather Tanning and Finishing	425	1982	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Meat and Poultry Products	432	1974	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS,
Metal Finishing	433	1983	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Metal Molding and Casting (Foundries)	464	1985	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Metal Products and Machinery	438	2003	BPT, BCT, NSPS
Mineral Mining and Processing	436	1975	BPT, NSPS
Nonferrous Metals Forming and Metal Powders	471	1985	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Nonferrous Metals Manufacturing	421	1984	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Oil and Gas Extraction	435	1979	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Ore Mining and Dressing (Hard Rock Mining)	440	1982	BPT, BAT, NSPS, BMP
Organic Chemicals, Plastics and Synthetic Fibers (OCPSF)	414	1987	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Paint Formulating	446	1975	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSNS
Paving and Roofing Materials (Tars and Asphalt)	443	1975	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSNS
Pesticide Chemicals Manufacturing, Formulating and Packaging	455	1978	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Petroleum Refining	419	1982	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing	439	1983	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Phosphate Manufacturing	422	1974	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS
Photographic	459	1976	BPT
Plastic Molding and Forming	463	1984	BPT, BCT, NSPS
Porcelain Enameling	466	1982	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Pulp, Paper and Paperboard	430	1998	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS, BMP
Rubber Manufacturing	428	1974	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSNS
Soaps and Detergents Manufacturing	417	1974	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSNS
Steam Electric Power Generation	423	1982	BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Sugar Processing	409	1974	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS
Textile Mills	410	1982	BPT, BAT, NSPS
Timber Products Processing	429	1981	BPT, BAT, NSPS
Transportation Equipment Cleaning	442	2000	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS
Waste Combustors	444	2000	BPT, BCT, BAT, NSPS, PSES, PSNS

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Other Publications Related to Effluent Guidelines

Industry Category	EPA Publication Number	Publication Date
Dental Amalgam
Industrial Container and Drum Cleaning	EPA-821-R-02-011	June 2002
Industrial Laundries
Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals (PDF) (127 pp., 707 K, About PDF) (Section 7.12 of the Technical Support Document for the 2004 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan)	EPA-821-R-04-014	August 2004
Tobacco Products Processing (PDF) (86 pp., 1.0 MB, About PDF)	EPA-821-R-06-017	November 2006
Urban Stormwater Best Management Practices	EPA-821-R-99-012	August 1999

Preliminary Studies

Preliminary Studies provide recent technical and economic information on a category of dischargers. The findings are published as "Preliminary Data Summaries", and are not used directly as a basis for rulemaking, but are used by EPA management to help select new rulemaking projects.

Airport Deicing (8/2000)
Feedlots (1/1999)