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Code of Federal Regulations Title 40. Protection of Environment § 40.421.114 Standards of performance for new sources

Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

Any new source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following new source performance standards:

(a) Subpart K—Concentrate Digestion Wet Air Pollution Control.

NSPS
Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average
	mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of concentrate digested
Lead	.174	.081
Zinc	.635	.261
Ammonia (as N)	82.910	36.450
Fluoride	21.770	12.440
Total suspended solids	9.330	7.464
pH	(¹)	(¹)

¹ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(b) Subpart K—Solvent Extraction Raffinate.

NSPS
Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average
	mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of concentrate digested
Lead	2.592	1.203
Zinc	9.442	3.888
Ammonia (as N)	1,233.000	542.5000
Fluoride	324.000	185.100
Total Suspended Solids	138.900	111.100
pH	(¹)	(¹)

¹ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(c) Subpart K—Solvent Extraction Wet Air Pollution Control.

NSPS
Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average
	mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of concentrate digested
Lead	.069	.032
Zinc	.251	.103
Ammonia (as N)	32.790	14.420
Fluoride	8.610	4.920
Total suspended solids	3.690	2.952
pH	(¹)	(¹)

¹ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(d) Subpart K—Precipitation and Filtration.

NSPS
Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average
	mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of concentrate digested
Lead	3.833	1.780
Zinc	13.960	5.750
Ammonia (as N)	1,825.000	802.200
Fluoride	479.100	273.800
Total suspended solids	205.400	164.300
pH	(¹)	(¹)

¹ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(e) Subpart K—Precipitation and Filtration Wet Air Pollution Control.

NSPS
Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average
	mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of concentrate digested
Lead	1.778	.826
Zinc	6.478	2.668
Ammonia (as N)	846.600	372.200
Fluoride	222.300	127.000
Total suspended solids	95.270	76.210
pH	(¹)	(¹)

¹ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(f) Subpart K—Tantalum Salt Drying.

NSPS
Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average
	mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of tantalum salt dried
Lead	16.950	7.871
Zinc	61.750	25.430
Ammonia (as N)	8,070.000	3,548.000
Fluoride	2,119.000	1,211.000
Total suspended solids	908.200	726.500
pH	(¹)	(¹)

¹ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(g) Subpart K—Oxides Calcining Wet Air Pollution Control.

NSPS
Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average
	mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of columbium-tantalum oxide dried
Lead	1.076	.500
Zinc	3.919	1.614
Ammonia (as N)	512.200	225.200
Fluoride	134.500	76.840
Total suspended solids	57.630	46.110
pH	(¹)	(¹)

¹ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(h) Subpart K—Reduction of Tantalum Salt to Metal.

NSPS
Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average
	mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of tantalum salt reduced
Lead	46.500	21.590
Zinc	169.400	69.750
Ammonia (as N)	22,140.000	9,732.000
Fluoride	5,813.000	3,322.000
Total suspended solids	2,491.000	1,993.000
pH	(¹)	(¹)

¹ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(i) Subpart K—Reduction of Tantalum Salt to Metal Wet Air Pollution Control.

NSPS
Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average
	mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of tantalum salt reduced
Lead	.572	.266
Zinc	2.084	.858
Ammonia (as N)	272.400	119.700
Fluoride	71.510	40.860
Total suspended solids	30.650	24.520
pH	(¹)	(¹)

¹ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(j) Subpart K—Tantalum Powder Wash.

NSPS
Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average
	mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of tantalum powder washed
Lead	5.721	2.656
Zinc	20.840	8.582
Ammonia (as N)	2,724.000	1,198.000
Fluoride	715.200	408.700
Total suspended solids	306.500	245.200
pH	(¹)	(¹)

¹ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(k) Subpart K—Consolidation and Casting Contact Cooling.

NSPS
Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average
	mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of columbium or tantalum cast or consolidated
Lead	.000	.000
Zinc	.000	.000
Ammonia (as N)	.000	.000
Fluoride	.000	.000
Total suspended solids	.000	.000
pH	(¹)	(¹)

¹ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

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