40 CFR § 407.62 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.

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title: "40 CFR § 407.62 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "407.62"
section_name: "Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "407"
part_name: "CANNED AND PRESERVED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESSING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"
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authority: "Secs. 301, 304 (b) and (c), 306 (b) and (c), 307(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; 33 U.S.C. 1251, 1311, 1314 (b) and (c), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317(c); 86 Stat. 816  Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217."
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# 407.62 Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.

Except as provided in §§ 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT):

(a) The following limitations establish the quantity of BOD*5* controlled by this section, which may be discharged by a “medium” or “large” existing point source subject to the provisions of this subpart after application of the best practicable control technology currently available. Any fruit processing plant which continuously or intermittently discharges process waste water during the processing season shall meet the annual average, maximum thirty day average, and maximum day BOD*5* limitations. Fruit processing plants employing long term waste stabilization, where all or a portion of the process waste water discharge is stored for the entire processing season and released at a controlled rate with State approval, shall meet only the annual average BOD*5* limitations.

[Metric units, kg/kkg of raw material; English units, lb/1,000 lb of raw material]

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apricots | 3.00 | 1.81 | 1.26 |
| Caneberries | 0.77 | 0.46 | 0.32 |
| Cherries: |  |  |  |
| Brined | 2.87 | 1.78 | 1.28 |
| Sour | 1.77 | 1.11 | 0.81 |
| Sweet | 1.12 | 0.69 | 0.49 |
| Cranberries | 1.71 | 1.03 | 0.73 |
| Dried fruit | 1.86 | 1.13 | 0.80 |
| Grape juice: |  |  |  |
| Canning | 1.10 | 0.69 | 0.51 |
| Pressing | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| Olives | 5.44 | 3.34 | 2.39 |
| Peaches | 1.51 | 0.93 | 0.67 |
| Pears | 1.77 | 1.12 | 0.83 |
| Pickles: |  |  |  |
| Fresh pack | 1.22 | 0.75 | 0.53 |
| Process pack | 1.45 | 0.92 | 0.68 |
| Salt stations | 0.25 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| Pineapples | 2.13 | 1.33 | 0.96 |
| Plums | 0.69 | 0.42 | 0.29 |
| Raisins | 0.43 | 0.28 | 0.21 |
| Strawberries | 1.79 | 1.06 | 0.74 |
| Tomatoes | 1.21 | 0.71 | 0.94 |

(b) The following limitations establish the quantity of TSS controlled by this section, which may be discharged by a “medium” or “large” existing point source subject to the provisions of this subpart after application of the best practicable control technology currently available. Any fruit processing plant which continuously or intermittently discharges process waste water during the processing season shall meet the annual average, maximum thirty day average, and maximum day TSS limitations. Fruit processing plants employing long term waste stabilization, where all or a portion of the process waste water discharge is stored for the entire processing season and released at a controlled rate with state approval, shall meet only the annual average TSS limitations.

[Metric units, kg/kkg of raw material; English units, lb/1,000 lb of raw material]

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apricots | 5.36 | 3.74 | 2.33 |
| Caneberries | 1.38 | 0.95 | 0.58 |
| Cherries: |  |  |  |
| Brined | 5.18 | 3.68 | 2.38 |
| Sour | 3.20 | 2.30 | 1.52 |
| Sweet | 2.01 | 1.43 | 0.92 |
| Cranberries | 3.06 | 2.14 | 1.34 |
| Dried fruit | 3.34 | 2.34 | 1.48 |
| Grape juice: |  |  |  |
| Canning | 1.99 | 1.44 | 0.96 |
| Pressing | 0.40 | 0.29 | 0.18 |
| Olives | 9.79 | 6.92 | 4.44 |
| Peaches | 2.72 | 1.93 | 1.26 |
| Pears | 3.21 | 2.32 | 1.55 |
| Pickles: |  |  |  |
| Fresh pack | 2.19 | 1.54 | 0.99 |
| Process pack | 2.63 | 1.91 | 1.28 |
| Salt stations | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.25 |
| Pineapples | 3.85 | 2.76 | 1.81 |
| Plums | 1.24 | 0.87 | 0.54 |
| Raisins | 0.78 | 0.57 | 0.39 |
| Strawberries | 3.19 | 2.20 | 1.35 |
| Tomatoes | 2.15 | 1.48 | 0.90 |

(c) The following limitations establish the quality of pH controlled by this section, which may be discharged by a “medium” or “large” existing point source subject to the provisions of this subpart after application of the best practicable control technology currently available.

| Effluent characteristic | Effluent limitations |
| --- | --- |
| pH | At all times within the range 6.0 to 9.5. |

[41 FR 16277, Apr. 16, 1976, as amended at 44 FR 22464, Apr. 16, 1979; 60 FR 33939, June 29, 1995]