Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 528 - PRETREATMENT PROGRAM
Appendix 096-528-D - Selected Industrial Subcategories Considered Dilute for Purposes of the Combined Wastestream Formula
The following industrial subcategories are considered to have dilute wastestreams for purposes of the combined wastestream formula. They either were or could have been excluded from categorical pretreatment standards pursuant to paragraph 8 of the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. v. Costle Consent Decree for one or more of the following four reasons: (1) The pollutants of concern are not detectable in the effluent from the industrial user (paragraph 8(a)(iii)); (2) the pollutants of concern are present only in trace amounts and are neither causing nor likely to cause toxic effects (paragraph 8(a)(iii)); (3) the pollutants of concern are present in amounts too small to be effectively reduced by technologies known to the Administrator (paragraph8(a)(iii)); or (4) the wastestream contains only pollutants which are compatible with the POTW (paragraph 8(b)(i)). In some instances, different rationales were given for exclusion under paragraph 8.However, EPA has reviewed these subcategories and has determined that exclusion could have occurred due to one of the four reasons listed above.
This list is complete as of October 9, 1986. It will be updated periodically for the convenience of the reader.
Auto and Other Laundries ( 40 CFR part 444)
Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning
Coin-Operated Laundries and Dry Cleaning
Diaper Services
Dry Cleaning Plants except Rug Cleaning
Industrial Laundries
Laundry and Garment Services, Not Elsewhere Classified
Linen Supply
Power Laundries, Family and Commercial
Electrical and Electronic Components \1\ ( 40 CFR part 469 )
Capacitors (Fluid Fill)
Carbon and Graphite Products
Dry Transformers
Ferrite Electronic Devices
Fixed Capacitors
Fluorescent Lamps
Fuel Cells
Incandescent Lamps
Magnetic Coatings
Mica Paper Dielectric
Motors, Generators, Alternators
Receiving and Transmitting Tubes
Resistance Heaters
Resistors
Switch gear
Transformer (Fluid Fill)
Metal Molding and Casting ( 40 CFR part 464)
Nickel Casting
Tin Casting
Titanium Casting
Gum and Wood Chemicals ( 40 CFR part 454)
Char and Charcoal Briquettes
Inorganic Chemicals Manufacturing ( 40 CFR part 415)
Ammonium Chloride
Ammonium Hydroxide
Barium Carbonate
Calcium Carbonate
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Monoxide and Byproduct Hydrogen
Hydrochloric Acid
Hydrogen Peroxide (Organic Process)
Nitric Acid
Oxygen and Nitrogen
Potassium Iodide
Sodium Chloride (Brine Mining Process)
Sodium Hydrosulfide
Sodium Hydrosulfite
Sodium Metal
Sodium Silicate
Sodium Thiosulfate
Sulfur Dioxide
Sulfuric Acid
Leather ( 40 CFR part 425)
Gloves
Luggage
Paving and Roofing ( 40 CFR part 443)
Asphalt Concrete
Asphalt Emulsion
Linoleum
Printed Asphalt Felt
Roofing
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard, and Builders' Paper and Board Mills ( 40 CFR parts 430 and 431)
Groundwood-Chemi-Mechanical
Rubber Manufacturing ( 40 CFR part 428)
Tire and Inner Tube Plants
Emulsion Crumb Rubber
Solution Crumb Rubber
Latex Rubber
Small-sized General Molded, Extruded and Fabricated RubberPlants,\2\
Medium-sided General Molded, Extruded and Fabricated Rubber Plants\2\
Large-sized General Molded, Extruded and Fabricated Rubber Plants\2\
Wet Digestion Reclaimed Rubber
Pan, Dry Digestion, and Mechanical Reclaimed Rubber
Latex Dipped, Latex-Extruded, and Latex-Molded Rubber \3\
Latex Foam \4\
Soap and Detergent Manufacturing ( 40 CFR part 417)
Soap Manufacture by Batch Kettle
Fatty Acid Manufacture by Fat Splitting
Soap Manufacture by Fatty Acid Neutralization
Glycerine Concentration
Glycerine Distillation
Manufacture of Soap Flakes and Powders
Manufacture of Bar Soaps
Manufacture of Liquid Soaps
Manufacture of Spray Dried Detergents
Manufacture of Liquid Detergents
Manufacture of Dry Blended Detergents
Manufacture of Drum Dried Detergents
Manufacture of Detergent Bars and Cakes
Textile Mills ( 40 CFR part 410)
Apparel manufacturing
Cordage and Twine
Padding and Upholstery Filling
Timber Products Processing ( 40 CFR part 429)
Barking Process
Finishing Processes
Hardboard--Dry Process
Footnotes:
\1\ The Paragraph 8 exemption for the manufacture of products in the Electrical and Electronic Components Category is for operations not covered by Electroplating/Metal Finishing pretreatment regulations ( 40CFR parts 413 /433).
\2\ Except for production attributed to lead-sheathed hose manufacturing operations.
\3\ Except for production attributed to chromic acid form-cleaning operations.
\4\ Except for production that generates zinc as a pollutant in discharge.
