40 C.F.R. § 430.106

Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

Last amended: 2016Year: 2026Length: 372 wordsOfficial source

Cite as 40 C.F.R. § 430.106 (2026)

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing source subject to this subpart that introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must: Comply with 40 CFR part 403; and achieve the following pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES) if it uses chlorophenolic-containing biocides. Permittees not using chlorophenolic-containing biocides must certify to the permit-issuing authority that they are not using these biocides. PSES must be attained on or before July 1, 1984: Subpart J [PSES for secondary fiber non-deink facilities where paperboard from wastepaper is produced] Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Milligrams/liter (mg/l) Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product a Pentachlorophenol (0.032)(7.2)/y 0.00096 Trichlorophenol (0.010)(7.2)/y 0.00030 y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product. a The following equivalent mass limitations are provided as guidance in cases when POTWs find it necessary to impose mass effluent limitations. Subpart J [PSES for secondary fiber non-deink facilities where builders' paper and roofing felt from wastepaper are produced] Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Milligrams/liter (mg/l) Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product a Pentachlorophenol (0.032)(14.4)y 0.0019 Trichlorophenol (0.010)(14.4)y 0.00060 y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product. a The following equivalent mass limitations are provided as guidance in cases when POTWs find it necessary to impose mass effluent limitations. Subpart J [PSES for secondary fiber non-deink facilities where tissue from wastepaper is produced without deinking] Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Milligrams/liter (mg/l) Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product a Pentachlorophenol (0.032)(25.2)y 0.0034 Trichlorophenol (0.010)(25.2)/y 0.0011 y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product. a The following equivalent mass limitations are provided as guidance in cases when POTWs find it necessary to impose mass effluent limitations. Subpart J [PSES for secondary fiber non-deink facilities where molded products from wastepaper are produced without deinking] Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Milligrams/liter (mg/l) Kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product a Pentachlorophenol (0.032)(21.1)y 0.0028 Trichlorophenol (0.010)(21.1)y 0.00088 y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product. a The following equivalent mass limitations are provided as guidance in cases when POTWs find it necessary to impose mass effluent limitations.
Cross-references to the CFR
40:403.7
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