§ 430.25 - New source performance standards (NSPS).  


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  • § 430.25 New source performance standards (NSPS).

    New sources subject to this subpart must achieve the following new source performance standards (NSPS), as applicable.

    (a) The following standards apply to each new source that commenced discharge after June 15, 1988 and before June 15, 1998, provided that the new source was constructed to meet these standards:

    Subpart B

    [1982 New Source Performance Standards for bleached kraft facilities where market pulp is produced]

    Pollutant or pollutant property Continuous dischargers Non-continuous dischargers
    Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days Annual
    average
    kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
    BOD5 10.3 5.5 2.88
    TSS 18.2 9.5 5.00
    pH (1) (1) (1)

    Subpart B

    [1982 New Source Performance Standards for bleached kraft facilities where paperboard, coarse paper, and tissue paper are produced]

    Pollutant or pollutant property Continuous dischargers Non-continuous dischargers
    Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days Annual
    average
    kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
    BOD5 8.5 4.6 2.41
    TSS 14.6 7.6 4.00
    pH (1) (1) (1)

    Subpart B

    [1982 New Source Performance Standards for bleached kraft facilities where pulp and fine papers are produced and soda facilities where pulp and paper are produced]

    Pollutant or pollutant property Continuous dischargers Non-continuous dischargers
    Maximum for any 1 day Average of daily values for 30 consecutive days Annual
    average
    kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product
    BOD5 5.7 3.1 1.62
    TSS 9.1 4.8 2.53
    pH (1) (1) (1)

    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section -

    (1) The following standards apply with respect to each new source fiber line that does not use an exclusively TCF bleaching process, as disclosed by the discharger in its NPDES permit application under 40 CFR 122.21(g)(3) and certified under 40 CFR 122.22, and that commences discharge after June 15, 1998:

    Subpart B

    Pollutant or pollutant property NSPS
    Maximum for any 1 day Monthly
    average
    TCDD <MLa (b)
    TCDF 31.9c (b)
    Chloroform 6.92d 4.14d
    Trichlorosyringol <MLa (b)
    3,4,5-trichlorocatechol <MLa (b)
    3,4,6-trichlorocatechol <MLa (b)
    3,4,5-trichloroguaiacol <MLa (b)
    3,4,6-trichloroguaiacol <MLa (b)
    4,5,6-trichloroguaiacol <MLa (b)
    2,4,5-trichlorophenol <MLa (b)
    2,4,6-trichlorophenol <MLa (b)
    Tetrachlorocatechol <MLa (b)
    Tetrachloroguaiacol <MLa (b)
    2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol <MLa (b)
    Pentachlorophenol <MLa (b)
    Continuous dischargers Non-continuous dischargers
    Maximum for any 1 day (kg/kkg) Monthly average (kg/kkg) Annual average (kg/kkg)
    AOX 0.476 0.272 0.208
    BOD5 4.52 2.41 1.73
    TSS 8.47 3.86 2.72
    pH (1) (1) (1)
    COD (e) (e) (e)

    (2) The following standards apply with respect to each new source fiber line that uses exclusively TCF bleaching processes, as disclosed by the discharger in its NPDES permit application under 40 CFR 122.21(g)(3) and certified under 40 CFR 122.22, and that commences discharge after June 15, 1998:

    Subpart B

    Pollutant or pollutant property NSPS (TCF)
    Continuous dischargers Non-continuous
    dischargers
    Maximum for any 1 day Monthly
    average
    Maximum for any 1 day Annual
    average
    AOX <MLa (b) <MLa (b)
    BOD5 4.52d 2.41 N/A 1.73
    TSS 8.47d 3.86 N/A 2.72
    pH (1) (1) (1) (1)
    COD (c) (c) (c) (c)

    (c) With respect to each new source fiber line that is enrolled in the Voluntary Advanced Technology Incentives Program, dischargers subject to this section must achieve:

    (1) The standards specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section (except for AOX) or paragraph (b)(2) of this section, as applicable; and

    (2) Standards for filtrates, flow, and AOX:

    Ultimate Voluntary Advanced Technology Incentives Program NSPS

    Tier Filtrate recycling Total pulping area condensate, evaporator condensate, and bleach plant wastewater flow (annual average) AOX (kg/kkg)
    Non-TCFa TCF
    Maximum for any 1 day Annual average Maximum for any 1 day Annual average
    Tier II (b) 10 cubic meters/kkg 0.23 0.10 <MLc (d)
    Tier III (b) 5 cubic meters/kkg 0.11 0.05 <MLc (d)

    (d) These additional standards apply to all new sources, regardless of when they commenced discharge, in accordance with the previous subcategorization scheme unless the discharger certifies to the permitting authority that it is not using these compounds as biocides. Also, for non-continuous dischargers, concentration limitations (mg/l) shall apply. Concentration limitations will only apply to non-continuous dischargers:

    Subpart B

    [Supplemental NSPS for bleached kraft facilities where market pulp is produced]

    Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day
    kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product Milligrams/liter
    Pentachlorophenol 0.0019 (0.013)(36.6)/y
    Trichlorophenol 0.012 (0.077)(36.6)/y
    y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product.

    Subpart B

    [Supplemental NSPS for bleached kraft facilities where paperboard, coarse paper, and tissue paper are produced]

    Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day
    kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product Milligrams/liter
    Pentachlorophenol 0.0016 (0.012)(31.7)/y
    Trichlorophenol 0.010 (0.076)(31.7)/y
    y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product.

    Subpart B

    [Supplemental NSPS for bleached kraft facilities where pulp and fine papers are produced and soda facilities where pulp and paper are produced]

    Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day
    kg/kkg (or pounds per 1,000 lb) of product Milligrams/liter
    Pentachlorophenol 0.0014 (0.014)(25.1)/y
    Trichlorophenol 0.0088 (0.084)(25.1)/y
    y = wastewater discharged in kgal per ton of product.

    (e) Pursuant to 40 CFR 122.44(i) and 122.45(h), a discharger must demonstrate compliance with the limitations in paragraph (b)(1) or (c)(1) of this section, as applicable, by monitoring for all pollutants (except for AOX, COD, BOD5, TSS, and pH) at the point where the wastewater containing those pollutants leaves the bleach plant. The permitting authority may impose effluent limitations and/or monitoring requirements on internal wastestreams for any other pollutants covered in this section as appropriate under 40 CFR 122.44(i) and 122.45(h). In addition, a discharger subject to a limitation on total pulping area condensate, evaporator condensate, and bleach plant wastewater flow under paragraph (c)(2) of this section must demonstrate compliance with that limitation by establishing and maintaining flow measurement equipment monitoring these flows at the point or points where they leave the pulping area, evaporator area, and the bleach plant.

    [63 FR 18635, Apr. 15, 1998; 63 FR 42239, Aug. 7, 1998]