Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 200-299 - Environmental Protection Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Chapter NR 235 - Organic chemical manufacturing
Subchapter XI - Indirect Discharge Point Sources
Section NR 235.99 - Toxic pollutant standards for indirect discharge point sources

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code § NR 235.99

Current through August 26, 2024

(1) Any point source subject to this subchapter must achieve discharges not exceeding the quantity determined by multiplying the process wastewater flow times the concentrations in the following table.

(2) For chromium, copper, lead, nickel, zinc and total cyanide:

(a) The discharge quantity shall be determined by multiplying the concentrations listed in the following table for these pollutants times the flow from the metal-bearing waste streams for the metals and times the flow from the cyanide bearing waste streams for total cyanide.

(b) The metal-bearing waste streams and cyanide-bearing waste streams are defined as:

1. Those waste streams listed in Appendix A.

2. Any additional OCPSF process wastewater streams identified by the permitting authority on a case-by-case basis as metal or cyanide bearing based upon a determination that such streams contain significant amounts of the pollutants identified above.

(c) Any streams designated under par. (b) 2. shall be treated independently of other metal or cyanide bearing waste streams unless the permitting authority determines that the combination of such streams, prior to treatment, with the Appendix A waste streams will result in substantial reduction of these pollutants. This determination shall be based upon a review of relevant engineering, production, and sampling information.

PSES and PSNS1

Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property	µg/l	µg/l
Acenaphthene	47	19
Anthracene	47	19
Benzene	134	57
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate	258	95
Carbon tetrachloride	380	142
Chlorobenzene	380	142
Chloroethane	295	110
Chloroform	325	111
Di-n-butyl phthalate	43	20
1,2-Dichlorobenzene	794	196
1,3-Dichlorobenzene	380	142
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	380	142
1,1-Dichloroethane	59	22
1,2-Dichloroethane	574	180
1,1-Dichloroethylene	60	22
1,2-trans-Dichloroethylene	66	25
1,2-Dichloropropane	794	196
1,3-Dichloropropylene	794	196
Diethyl phthalate	113	46
Dimethyl phthalate	47	19
4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol	277	78
Ethylbenzene	380	142
Fluoranthene	54	22
Fluorene	47	19
Hexachlorobenzene	794	196
Hexachlorobutadiene	380	142
Hexachlorethane	794	196
Methyl chloride	295	110
Methylene chloride	170	36
Naphthalene	47	19
Nitrobenzene	6,402	2,237
2-Nitrophenol	231	65
4-Nitrophenol	576	162
Phenanthrene	47	19
Pyrene	48	20
Tetrachloroethylene	164	52
Toluene	74	28
Total Cyanide	1,200	420
Total Lead	690	320
Total Zinc2	2,610	1,050
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	794	196
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	59	22
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	127	32
Trichloroethylene	69	26
Vinyl chloride	172	97

1All units are micrograms per liter.

2Total zinc for rayon fiber manufacture that uses the viscose process and acrylic fiber manufacture that uses the zinc chloride/solvent process is 6,796 mg/l maximum for any one day and 3,325 mg/l maximum monthly average.

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