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40 CFR § 408.275 - Standards of performance for new sources.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s408.275"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 408.275 - Standards of performance for new sources."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "408.275"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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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# 408.275 Standards of performance for new sources.

Except for those steamed and canned oyster processing facilities which utilize air flotation treatment systems to meet the shrimp processing standards of performance for new sources under § 408.115, § 408.125, or § 408.135 and for which standards of performance should be derived on a case-by-case basis, 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 (kg/kkg of product) |  |
| BOD | 67 | 17 |
| TSS | 56 | 39 |
| Oil and grease | 0.84 | 0.42 |
| pH | () | () |
|  | English units (lb/1,000 lb of product) |  |
| BOD | 67 | 17 |
| TSS | 56 | 39 |
| Oil and grease | 0.64 | 0.42 |
| pH | () | () |
| Within the range 6.0 to 9.0. |  |  |

[40 FR 55794, Dec. 1, 1975, as amended at 42 FR 6813, Feb. 4, 1977]