(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new 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 new 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 values set forth below:

Subpart C

Core

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of extruded
Chromium 0.13 0.05
Cyanide 0.07 0.03
Zinc 0.35 0.15
TTO 0.24
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 3.40 3.40

Subpart C

Extrusion Press Leakage

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of hard alloy aluminum extruded
Chromium 0.11 0.05
Cyanide 0.06 0.03
Zinc 0.31 0.13
TTO 0.21
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 2.98 2.98

Subpart C

Direct Chill Casting Contact Cooling Water

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum cast
Chromium 0.49 0.20
Cyanide 0.27 0.11
Zinc 1.36 0.56
TTO 0.92
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 13.29 13.29

Subpart C

Press Heat Treatment Contact Cooling Water

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million off-lbs) of aluminum quenched
Chromium 0.76 0.31
Cyanide 0.41 0.17
Zinc 2.08 0.86
TTO 1.41
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 20.37 20.37

Subpart C

Solution Heat Treatment Contact Cooling Water

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million-off-lbs) of aluminum quenched
Chromium 0.76 0.31
Cyanide 0.41 0.17
Zinc 2.08 0.86
TTO 1.41
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 20.37 20.37

Subpart C

Cleaning or Etching Bath

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million-off-lbs) of aluminum cleaned or etched
Chromium 0.067 0.027
Cyanide 0.036 0.015
Zinc 0.183 0.075
TTO 0.124
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 1.79 1.79

Subpart C

Cleaning or Etching Rinse

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million-off-lbs) of aluminum cleaned or etched
Chromium 0.52 0.21
Cyanide 0.28 0.11
Zinc 1.42 0.59
TTO 0.96
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 13.91 13.91

Subpart C

Cleaning or Etching Scrubber Liquor

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
    mg/off-kg (lb/million-off-lbs) of aluminum cleaned or etched
Chromium 0.72 0.29
Cyanide 0.39 0.16
Zinc 1.97 0.81
TTO 1.34
Oil and grease (alternate monitoring parameter) 19.33 19.33

[48 FR 49149, Oct. 24, 1983; 49 FR 11632, 11633, 11634, Mar. 27, 1984]


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