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40 CFR § 411.37 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s411.37"
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title: "40 CFR § 411.37 - Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "411.37"
section_name: "Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "411"
part_name: "CEMENT MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"
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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), and 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), and 1317(c); 86 Stat. 816  Pub. L., 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 6591, Feb. 20, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
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# 411.37 Effluent limitations guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology.

The following limitations establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this section, which may be discharged by a point source subject to the provisions of this subpart after application of the best conventional pollutant control technology.

(a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section, the following limitations establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this section, which may be discharged by a point source subject to the provisions of this subpart after application of the best conventional pollutant control technology.

| Effluent characteristic | Effluent limitations |
| --- | --- |
| TSS | Not to exceed 50 mg/l. |
| pH | Within the range 6.0 to 9.0. |

(b) Any untreated overflow from facilities designed, constructed and operated to treat the volume of runoff from materials storage piles which results from a 10-year, 24-hour rainfall event shall not be subject to the pH and TSS limitations stipulated in paragraph (a) of this section.

[39 FR 6591, Feb. 20, 1974. Redesignated and amended at 44 FR 50741, Aug. 29, 1979]