(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing source subject to this subpart which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for existing sources.

(b) There shall be no discharge allowance for wastewater pollutants from the degassing operation.

(c) The mass of wastewater pollutants from the core and ancillary operations except those identified in paragraph (b), introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:

Subpart C

Core

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSES
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of extruded
Chromium 0.15 0.061
Cyanide 0.098 0.041
Zinc 0.49 0.21
TTO 0.23
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 18 8.8

   

Subpart C

Extrusion Press Leakage

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSES
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of extruded
Chromium 0.65 0.27
Cyanide 0.43 0.18
Zinc 2.16 0.90
TTO 1.02
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 77 39

   

Subpart C

Direct Chill Casting Contact Cooling Water

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSES
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum cast
Chromium 0.59 0.24
Cyanide 0.39 0.16
Zinc 1.94 0.81
TTO 0.92
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 69 35

   

Subpart C

Press Heat Treatment Contact Cooling Water

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSES
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum quenched
Chromium 0.90 0.37
Cyanide 0.59 0.25
Zinc 2.98 1.25
TTO 1.41
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 110 53

   

Subpart C

Solution Heat Treatment Contact Cooling Water

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSES
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum quenched
Chromium 0.90 0.37
Cyanide 0.59 0.25
Zinc 2.98 1.25
TTO 1.41
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 110 53

   

Subpart C

Cleaning or Etching Bath

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSES
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum cleaned or etched
Chromium 0.079 0.032
Cyanide 0.052 0.022
Zinc 0.26 0.109
TTO 0.124
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 9.3 4.7

   

Subpart C

Cleaning or Etching Rinse

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSES
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum cleaned or etched
Chromium 1.7 0.7
Cyanide 1.2 0.5
Zinc 5.7 2.4
TTO 2.7
Oil & Grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 200 100

   

Subpart C

Cleaning or Etching Scrubber Liquor

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSES
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum cleaned or etched
Chromium 0.85 0.35
Cyanide 0.56 0.23
Zinc 2.82 1.18
TTO 1.34
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 100 50

[48 FR 49149, Oct. 24, 1983; 49 FR 11632, 11633, 11634, Mar. 27, 1984, as amended at 53 FR 52369, Dec. 27, 1988]


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