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40 CFR § 408.255 - Standards of performance for new sources.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s408.255"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 408.255 - Standards of performance for new sources."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "408.255"
section_name: "Standards of performance for new sources."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "408"
part_name: "CANNED AND PRESERVED SEAFOOD PROCESSING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 23140, June 26, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "408"
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# 408.255 Standards of performance for new sources.

The following standards of performance establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this section, which may be discharged by a new source subject to the provisions of this subpart:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Metric units (kilograms per 1,000 kg of product) |  |
| TSS | 45 | 36 |
| Oil and grease | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| pH | () | () |
|  | English units (pounds per 1,000 lb of product) |  |
| TSS | 45 | 36 |
| Oil and grease | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| pH | () | () |
| Within the range 6.0 to 9.0. |  |  |

[40 FR 55792, Dec. 1, 1975, as amended at 41 FR 31823, July 30, 1976]