40 CFR § 418.45 - Standards of performance for new sources.

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title: "40 CFR § 418.45 - Standards of performance for new sources."
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title_name: "Protection of Environment"
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section_name: "Standards of performance for new sources."
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# 418.45 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:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ammonia (as N) | 0.08 | 0.04 |
| Nitrate (as N) | .12 | .07 |
| Metric units: kilogram/1,000 kg of product; English units: pound/1,000 lb of product. |  |  |

(Sec. 306(b), Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1316(c)))

[43 FR 17828, Apr. 26, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 9388, Feb. 13, 1979]