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40 CFR 412.12 - Effluent limitations attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT).

§ 412.12
Effluent limitations attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available (BPT).
(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section, any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the application of BPT: There shall be no discharge of process waste water pollutants to navigable waters.
(b) Process waste pollutants in the overflow may be discharged to navigable waters whenever rainfall events, either chronic or catastrophic, cause an overflow of process waste water from a facility designed, constructed and operated to contain all process generated waste waters plus the runoff from a 10-year, 24-hour rainfall event for the location of the point source.

Title 40 published on 2012-07-01

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United States Code
USC : Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

§ 1251 - Congressional declaration of goals and policy

§ 1311 - Effluent limitations

§ 1314 - Information and guidelines

§ 1316 - National standards of performance

§ 1317 - Toxic and pretreatment effluent standards

USC : Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS

§ 486

U.S.C. : Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

§ 1302 - Rules and regulations; impact analyses of Medicare and Medicaid rules and regulations on small rural hospitals

Title 40 published on 2012-07-01

The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 40 CFR 412 after this date.

  • 2013-01-03; vol. 78 # 2 - Thursday, January 3, 2013
    1. 78 FR 277 - Section 610 Review of NPDES Permit Regulation and Effluent Limitations Guidelines Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs); Extension of Comment Period
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      ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
      Extension of public comment period.
      The public comment period for the review published October 31, 2012 (77 FR 65840) is being extended for 60 days to March 1, 2013 in order to provide the public additional time to submit comments and supporting information.
      40 CFR Parts 9, 63, 80, 85, 122, 123, and 412