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beryllium
carbonate
produced
from
bertrandite
ore as
beryllium
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 1,842.000 831.000
Chromium (total).............................. 831.000 336.900
Copper........................................ 2,875.000 1,370.000
Cyanide (total)............................... 449.200 179.700
Ammonia (as N)................................ 299,400.000 131,600.000
Fluoride...................................... 78,610.000 44,700.000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(b) Solvent extraction raffinate from beryl ore.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
carbonate
produced
from beryl
ore as
beryllium
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 180.4 81.4
Chromium (total).............................. 81.4 33.0
Copper........................................ 281.6 134.2
Cyanide (total)............................... 44.0 17.6
Ammonia (as N)................................ 29,330.0 12,890.0
Fluoride...................................... 7,700.0 4,378.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(c) Beryllium carbonate filtrate.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
carbonate
produced as
beryllium
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 175.900 79.370
Chromium (total).............................. 79.370 32.180
Copper........................................ 274.600 130.800
Cyanide (total)............................... 42.900 17.160
Ammonia (as N)................................ 28,590.000 12,570.000
Fluoride...................................... 7,508.000 4,269.000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(d) Beryllium Hydroxide Filtrate.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
hydroxide
produced as
beryllium
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 111.520 50.320
Chromium (Total).............................. 50.320 20.400
Copper........................................ 174.080 82.960
Cyanide (Total)............................... 27.200 10.880
Ammonia (as N)................................ 18128.800 7969.600
Fluoride...................................... 4760.000 2706.400
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(e) Beryllium oxide calcining furnace wet air pollution control.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
oxide
produced
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 216.20 97.57
Chromium (total).............................. 97.57 39.56
Copper........................................ 337.50 160.90
Cyanide (total)............................... 52.74 21.10
Ammonia (as N)................................ 35,150.00 15,450.00
Fluoride...................................... 9,230.00 5,248.00
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(f) Beryllium hydroxide supernatant.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
hydroxide
produced
from scrap
and
residues as
beryllium
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 188.6 85.1
Chromium (total).............................. 85.1 34.5
Copper........................................ 294.4 140.3
Cyanide (total)............................... 46.0 18.4
Ammonia (as N)................................ 30,660.0 13,480.0
Fluoride...................................... 160,308.0 71,201.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(g) Process water.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
pebbles
produced
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 143.30 64.68
Chromium (total).............................. 64.68 26.22
Copper........................................ 223.70 106.60
Cyanide (total)............................... 34.96 13.98
Ammonia (as N)................................ 23,300.00 10,240.00
Fluoride...................................... 6,118.00 3,479.00
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(h) Fluoride furnace scrubber.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
pebbles
produced
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 0.000 0.000
Chromium (total).............................. 0.000 0.000
Copper........................................ 0.000 0.000
Cyanide (total)............................... 0.000 0.000
Ammonia (as N)................................ 0.000 0.000
Fluoride...................................... 0.000 0.000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(i) Chip treatment wastewater.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
scrap chips
treated
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 6.355 2.868
Chromium (total).............................. 2.868 1.163
Copper........................................ 9.920 4.728
Cyanide (total)............................... 1.550 0.620
Ammonia (as N)................................ 1,033.000 454.200
Fluoride...................................... 271.300 154.200
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(j) Beryllium pebble plant area vent wet air pollution control.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
pebbles
produced
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 0.000 0.000
Chromium (total).............................. 0.000 0.000
Copper........................................ 0.000 0.000
Cyanide (total)............................... 0.000 0.000
Ammonia (as N)................................ 0.000 0.000
Fluoride...................................... 0.000 0.000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(k) Beryl Ore Gangue Dewatering.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryl ore
processed
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 0.855 0.386
Chromium (Total).............................. 0.386 0.156
Copper........................................ 1.335 0.636
Cyanide (Total)............................... 0.209 0.083
Ammonia (as N)................................ 139.032 61.120
Fluoride...................................... 36.505 20.756
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(l) Bertrandite Ore Gangue Dewatering.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
bertrandite
ore
processed
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 2.185 0.986
Chromium (Total).............................. 0.986 0.400
Copper........................................ 3.411 1.626
Cyanide (Total)............................... 0.533 0.213
Ammonia (as N)................................ 355.245 156.169
Fluoride...................................... 93.275 53.034
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(m) Beryl Ore Processing.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryl ore
processed
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 5.988 2.702
Chromium (Total).............................. 2.702 1.095
Copper........................................ 9.348 4.455
Cyanide (Total)............................... 1.461 0.584
Ammonia (as N)................................ 973.490 427.956
Fluoride...................................... 255.605 145.330
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(n) Alumium Iron Sludge (AIS) Area Wastewater.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
total
beryllium
carbonate
produced as
beryllium
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 383.760 173.160
Chromium (Total).............................. 173.160 70.200
Copper........................................ 599.040 285.480
Cyanide (Total)............................... 93.600 37.440
Ammonia (as N)................................ 62384.400 27424.800
Fluoride...................................... 16380.000 9313.200
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(o) Bertrandite Ore Leaching Scrubber.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg of
bertrandite
ore
processed
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 1.239 0.559
Chromium (Total).............................. 0.559 0.227
Copper........................................ 1.934 0.922
Cyanide (Total)............................... 0.302 0.121
Ammonia (as N)................................ 201.416 88.545
Fluoride...................................... 52.885 30.069
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(p) Bertrandite Ore Countercurrent and Decantation (CCD) Scrubber.

BAT Limitations for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg of
bertrandite
ore
processed
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 0.083 0.037
Chromium (Total).............................. 0.037 0.015
Copper........................................ 0.129 0.062
Cyanide (Total)............................... 0.020 0.008
Ammonia (as N)................................ 13.463 5.919
Fluoride...................................... 3.535 2.010
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[50 FR 38346, Sept. 20, 1985, as amended at 55 FR 31698, Aug. 3, 1990]

§ 421.154 Standards of performance for new sources.
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Any new source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following new source performance standards:

(a) Solvent extraction raffinate from bertrandite ore.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds
million
pounds) of
beryllium
carbonate
produced
from
bertrandite
ore as
beryllium
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 1,842.000 831.000
Chromium (total).............................. 831.000 336.900
Copper........................................ 2,875.000 1,370.000
Cyanide (total)............................... 449.200 179.700
Ammonia (as N)................................ 299,400.000 131,600.000
Fluoride...................................... 78,610.000 44,700.000
Total Suspended solids........................ 33,690.000 26,950.000
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(b) Solvent extraction raffinate from beryl ore.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
carbonate
produced
from beryl
ore as
beryllium
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 180.4 81.4
Chromium (total).............................. 81.4 33.0
Copper........................................ 281.6 134.2
Cyanide (total)............................... 44.0 17.6
Ammonia (as N)................................ 29,330.0 12,890.0
Fluoride...................................... 7,700.0 4,378.0
Total Suspended solids........................ 3,300.0 2,640.0
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(c) Beryllium carbonate filtrate.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
carbonate
produced as
beryllium
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 175.900 79.370
Chromium (total).............................. 79.370 32.180
Copper........................................ 274.600 130.800
Cyanide (total)............................... 42.900 17.160
Ammonia (as N)................................ 28,590.000 12,579.000
Fluoride...................................... 7,508.000 4,269.000
Total Suspended solids........................ 3,218.000 2,574.000
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(d) Beryllium hydroxide filtrate.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
hydroxide
produced as
beryllium
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 111.520 50.320
Chromium (Total).............................. 50.320 20.400
Copper........................................ 174.080 82.960
Cyanide (Total)............................... 27.200 10.880
Ammonia (as N)................................ 18128.800 7969.600
Fluoride...................................... 4760.000 2706.400
Total Suspended Solids........................ 2040.000 1632.000
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(e) Beryllium oxide calcining furnace wet air pollution control.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
oxide
produced
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 216.20 97.57
Chromium (total).............................. 95.57 39.56
Copper........................................ 337.50 160.90
Cyanide (total)............................... 52.74 21.10
Ammonia (as N)................................ 35,150.00 15,450.00
Fluoride...................................... 9,230.00 5,248.00
Total suspended solids........................ 3,956.00 3,164.00
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(f) Beryllium hydroxide supernatant.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
hydroxide
produced
from scrap
and
residues as
beryllium
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 188.6 85.1
Chromium (total).............................. 85.1 34.5
Copper........................................ 294.4 140.3
Cyanide (total)............................... 46.0 18.4
Ammonia (as N)................................ 30,660.0 13,480.0
Fluoride...................................... 160,308.0 71,201.0
Total Suspended solids........................ 3,450.0 2,760.0
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(g) Process water.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
pebbles
produced
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 143.30 64.68
Chromium (total).............................. 64.68 26.22
Copper........................................ 223.70 106.60
Cyanide (total)............................... 34.96 13.98
Ammonia (as N)................................ 23,300.00 10,240.00
Fluoride...................................... 6,118.00 3,479.00
Total suspended solids........................ 2,622.00 2,098.00
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(h) Fluoride furnace scrubber.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
pebbles
produced
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 0.000 0.000
Chromium (total).............................. 0.000 0.000
Copper........................................ 0.000 0.000
Cyanide (total)............................... 0.000 0.000
Ammonia (as N)................................ 0.000 0.000
Fluoride...................................... 0.000 0.000
Total suspended solids........................ 0.000 0.000
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(i) Chip treatment wastewater.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
scrap chips
treated
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 6.355 2.868
Chromium (total).............................. 2.868 1.163
Copper........................................ 9.920 4.728
Cyanide (total)............................... 1.550 0.620
Ammonia (as N)................................ 1,033.000 454.200
Fluoride...................................... 271.300 154.200
Total suspended solids........................ 116.300 93.000
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(j) Beryllium pebble plant area vent wet air pollution control.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryllium
pebbles
produced
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 0.000 0.000
Chromium (total).............................. 0.000 0.000
Copper........................................ 0.000 0.000
Cyanide (total)............................... 0.000 0.000
Ammonia (as N)................................ 0.000 0.000
Fluoride...................................... 0.000 0.000
Total suspended solids........................ 0.000 0.000
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(k) Beryl Ore Gangue Dewatering.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryl ore
processed
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 0.855 0.386
Chromium (Total).............................. 0.386 0.156
Copper........................................ 1.335 0.636
Cyanide (Total)............................... 0.209 0.083
Ammonia (as N)................................ 139.032 61.120
Fluoride...................................... 36.505 20.756
Total Suspended Solids........................ 15.645 12.516
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(l) Bertrandite Ore Gangue Dewatering.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
bertrandite
ore
processed
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 2.185 0.986
Chromium (Total).............................. 0.986 0.400
Copper........................................ 3.411 1.626
Cyanide (Total)............................... 0.533 0.213
Ammonia (as N)................................ 355.245 156.169
Fluoride...................................... 93.275 53.034
Total Suspended Solids........................ 39.975 31.980
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(m) Beryl Ore Processing.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
beryl ore
processed
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 5.988 2.702
Chromium (Total).............................. 2.702 1.095
Copper........................................ 9.348 4.455
Cyanide (Total)............................... 1.461 0.584
Ammonia (as N)................................ 973.490 427.956
Fluoride...................................... 255.605 145.330
Total Suspended Solids........................ 109.545 87.636
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(n) Aluminum Iron Sludge (AIS) Area Wastewater.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg
(pounds per
million
pounds) of
total
beryllium
carbonate
produced as
beryllium
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 383.760 173.160
Chromium (Total).............................. 173.160 70.200
Copper........................................ 599.040 285.480
Cyanide (Total)............................... 93.600 37.440
Ammonia (as N)................................ 62384.400 27424.800
Fluoride...................................... 16380.000 9313.200
Total Suspended Solids........................ 7020.000 5616.000
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(o) Bertrandite Ore Leaching Scrubber.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg of
bertrandite
ore
processed
-------------------------
Beryllium..................................... 1.239 0.559
Chromium (Total).............................. 0.559 0.227
Copper........................................ 1.934 0.922
Cyanide (Total)............................... 0.302 0.121
Ammonia (as N)................................ 201.416 88.545
Fluoride...................................... 52.885 30.069
Total Suspended Solids........................ 22.665 18.132
pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(p) Bertrandite Ore Countercurrent and Decantation (CCD) Scrubber.

NSPS for the Primary Beryllium Subcategory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum for
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly
any 1 day average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg/kg of
bertrandite
ore
processed
-------------------------
Beryllium.....................................0.083 0.037 (continued)