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Title 40 - PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENTChapter I - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYSubchapter N - EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDSPart 432 - MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
Subpart I - CANNED MEATS PROCESSORS
Section 432.92 - Effluent limitations attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT)

40 C.F.R. § 432.92

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Section 432.92 - Effluent limitations attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT)

Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32 , any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the application of BPT:

(a) Facilities that generate no more than 50 million pounds per year of finished products must achieve the following effluent limitations:

Effluent Limitations

[BPT]

Regulated
parameter		 Maximum daily1 Maximum monthly avg.1
BOD50.740.37
Fecal Coliform(2)(3)
O&G40.260.13
TSS0.900.45

1 Pounds per 1000 lbs (or g/kg) of finished product.

2 Maximum of 400 MPN or CFU per 100 mL at any time.

3 No maximum monthly average limitation.

4 May be measured as hexane extractable material (HEM).

(b) Facilities that generate more than 50 million pounds per year of finished products must achieve the limitations for BOD5, fecal coliform, O&G, and TSS specified in paragraph (a) of this section.

40 C.F.R. §432.92