---identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s415.64"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "40 CFR § 415.64 - Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES)."title_number: 40title_name: "Protection of Environment"section_number: "415.64"section_name: "Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES)."chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"subchapter_number: "N"subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"part_number: "415"part_name: "INORGANIC CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307 (b) and (c), and 501 of the Clean Water Act (the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977) (the “Act”); 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317 (b) and (c), and 1361; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217."regulatory_source: "47 FR 28278, June 29, 1982, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "415"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t40/s415.64
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2026-03-24
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2026-03-24
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307 (b) and (c), and 501 of the Clean Water Act (the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by the Clean Water Act o... Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307 (b) and (c), and 501 of the Clean Water Act (the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977) (the “Act”); 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317 (b) and (c), and 1361; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217.
# 415.64 Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).(a) [Reserved](b) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing source subject to this subpart and using the diaphragm cell process, which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works, must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES):Subpart F—Chlor-Alkali-Diaphragm Cells| | | || --- | --- | --- || | Milligrams per liter (mq/1) | || Copper (T) | 2.1 | 0.80 || Lead (T) | 2.9 | 1.1 || Nickel (T) | 1.6 | 0.64 |In cases when POTWs find it necessary to impose mass limitations, the following equivalent mass limitations are provided as an alternate: The limitations for Copper (T), Lead(T) and Nickel (T) are the same as specified in § 415.62(b).