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40 CFR § 417.15 - Standards of performance for new sources.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s417.15"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 417.15 - Standards of performance for new sources."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "417.15"
section_name: "Standards of performance for new sources."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "N"
subchapter_name: "EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS"
part_number: "417"
part_name: "SOAP AND DETERGENT MANUFACTURING 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), and 307(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended, (the Act); 33 U.S.C. 1251, 1311, 1314 (b) and (c), 1316 (b) and (c) and 1317(c), 86 Stat. 816  Pub. L. 92-500."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 13372, Apr. 12, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "417"
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# 417.15 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 anhydrous product) |  |
| BOD | 0.80 | 0.40 |
| COD | 2.10 | 1.05 |
| TSS | 0.80 | .40 |
| Oil and grease | 0.10 | .05 |
| pH | () | () |
|  | English units (pounds per 1,000 lb of anhydrous product) |  |
| BOD | 0.80 | 0.40 |
| COD | 2.10 | 1.05 |
| TSS | 0.40 | .40 |
| Oil and grease | 0.10 | .05 |
| pH | () | () |
| Within the range 6.0 to 9.0. |  |  |