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United States Regulations
40 CFR PART 460—HOSPITAL POINT SOURCE CATEGORY 




PART 460—HOSPITAL POINT SOURCE CATEGORY 



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Authority:   Secs. 301, 304 (b) and (c), 360(b), 307 (b) and (c), Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251, 1311, 1314 (b) and (c), 1316(b) and 1317 (b) and (c), 86 Stat. 816 et seq.; Pub. L. 92–500) (the Act). 

Source:   41 FR 18777, May 6, 1976, unless otherwise noted. 

Subpart A—Hospital Category
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§ 460.10   Applicability; description of the hospital category.
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The provisions of this subpart are applicable to discharges resulting from the functional operations of the hospital point source category. 

§ 460.11   Specialized definitions.
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For the purpose of this subpart: 

(a) Except as provided below, the general definitions, abbreviations and methods of analysis set forth in part 401 of this chapter shall apply to this subpart. 

(b) The term “product” shall mean service resulting from the hospital activity in terms of 1,000 occupied beds. 

§ 460.12   Effluent limitations and guidelines representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available.
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Except as provided in §§125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart, shall achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT): 

(a) The following limitations establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this paragraph, which may be discharged from the hospital point source subject to the provisions of this paragraph after application of the best practicable control technology currently available:
 

 
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                                                Effluent limitations
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                                                        Average of daily
          Effluent characteristic             Maximum     values for 30
                                             for any 1  consecutive days
                                                day         shall not
                                                             exceed_
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                                                Metric
                                            units (kg/
                                                 1,000
                                              occupied
                                                 beds)
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BOD5......................................        41.0              33.6
TSS.......................................        55.6              33.8
pH........................................       (\1\)             (\1\)
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                                            units (lb/
                                                 1,000
                                              occupied
                                                 beds)
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BOD5......................................        90.4              74.0
TSS.......................................       122.4              74.5
pH........................................       (\1\)             (\1\)
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\1\ Within the range 6.0 to 9.0.


[41 FR 18777, May 6, 1976, as amended at 60 FR 33972, June 29, 1995]