Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 200-299 - Environmental Protection Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Chapter NR 274 - Nonferrous metals manufacturing
Section NR 274.004 - Compliance dates

Current through August 26, 2024

(1) Any existing source subject to this chapter which discharges to waters of the state shall achieve:

(a) The effluent limitations representing BPT by July 1, 1977; and

(b) The effluent limitations representing BAT by July 1, 1984.

(2) Any new source subject to this chapter which discharges to waters of the state shall achieve NSPS at the commencement of discharge.

(3) Any existing source subject to this chapter which introduces process wastewater pollutants into a POTW shall achieve PSES according to the date in the following tables:

March 8, 1987

September 20, 1988

Bauxite refining

Primary antimony

Primary aluminum smelting

Primary beryllium

Secondary aluminum smelting

Primary and secondary germanium and gallium

Primary copper smelting

Secondary indium

Primary electrolytic copper refining

Secondary mercury Primary molybdenum and

Secondary copper

rhenium

Primary lead

Secondary molybdenum and

Primary zinc

vanadium

Metallurgical acid plants

Primary nickel and cobalt

Primary tungsten

Secondary nickel

Primary columbium-tanta-lum

Primary precious metals and mercury

Secondary silver

Secondary precious metals

Secondary lead

Primary rare earth metals

Secondary tantalum

Secondary tin

Primary and secondary titanium

Secondary tungsten and cobalt

Secondary uranium

Primary zirconium and hafnium

(4) Any new source subject to this chapter which introduces process wastewater pollutants into a POTW shall achieve PSNS at the commencement of discharge.

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