Who Wants to be Classified as a Categorical Industry?

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1 Who Wants to be Classified as a Categorical Industry?

2 Lifelines Call your local State Pretreatment Coordinator Call your regional EPA Pretreatment Coordinator Call EPA Headquarters

3 $100 Question Ezee Cheezy is a dairy processor that was built in 1975 and upgraded in They discharge approx. 1.0 MGD. How would you classify this industry

4 How would you classify Ezee Cheezy? A. CIU subject 40 CFR Part 405 (Dairy Products Processing)- Existing Source B. CIU subject 40 CFR Part 405 (Dairy Products Processing)- New Source C. 40 CFR 405, both new and existing source. D. None of the Above

5 $1000 Question A health and beauty facility (opened in 2012) is a job-shop that produces shampoos, conditioners and lotions to treat dandruff and psoriasis. The facility also produces other regular lotions without any pharmaceutical active ingredients. The facility will research and develop the appropriate formulas on the basis of its customers request. All of the wastewaters generated during production are discharged to the facility s treatment system prior to discharge to the POTW.

6 How would you regulate this facility? A. The facility is a new source subject to Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (40 CFR 439), mixing/compounding and formulation (subpart D). The CWF must be used to determine alternative categorical limits. B. The facility is a new source subject to Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (40 CFR 439), research (subpart E). Because there are no categorical pretreatment standards for research facilities, the facility is only subject to local limits. C. None of the above.

7 The $5,000 Question Pickrel Plating is an electroplating operation that was built in They discharge less than 100 gpd of process discharge water. What two possible classifications might fit this facility?

8 How would you classify Pickrel Plating? A. New Source Metal Finishing (40 CFR ) or NSCIU B. Existing Source Electroplating (40 CFR ) or New Source Metal Finishing (40 CFR ) C. Existing Source Metal Finishing (40 CFR ) or NSCIU D. None of the Above

9 The $10,000 Question The Governor has enticed a Biofuel Manufacturer (Home Grown Gas) to locate in your City. Operations will include two treatment trains (one using corn, and the other using waste oils from a local rendering plant) The average process wastewater discharge is 0.8 million gallons per day (mgd), daily maximum discharge is approximately 1.76 mgd, and minimum daily discharge is approximately 0.32 mgd. Approximately 25% to 50% of process wastewater is from the CIP processes.

10 How would you classify Home Grown Gas? A. CIU subject to 40 CFR 414 (OCPSF) B. CIU subject to 40 CFR 419 (Petroleum Refining) C. Significant Non-Categorical

11 The $100,000 Question Plating R Us started its copper plating operations in June The facility s average categorical wastewater discharge flow is 9,000 gallons per day. In 1994, the facility added an additional anodizing line. Wastewater for its anodizing line is combined with the existing wastewater from the copper plating line and then the wastewaters are treated and discharged through a common outfall. The new combined wastewater flow rate is 14,000 gallons per day.

12 How would you classify Plating R Us? A. Noncategorical SIU B. CIU subject to 40 CFR Part 413 for flow over 10,000 gallons per day and 40 CFR Part 433, PSNS C. CIU subject to 40 CFR Part 413 for flow under 10,000 gallons per day and 40 CFR Part 433, PSNS D. None of the Above

13 The $500,000 Question Your Waste Is Our Bread and Butter is a centralized waste treatment facility that accepts spent plating baths from several Part 433 (PSNS) facilities, and process wastewater from three lube oil manufacturers (which are all subject to 40 CFR 419 subpart D, PSES) for treatment. The company began operations in May The facility has 2 treatment trains. One for the spent plating bath and the other for treating the wastewater from the lube oil manufacturers.

14 How would you classify Your Waste Is Our Bread and Butter? Answer A? Answer B? Answer C? The facility is subject to 40 CFR (Subpart A, PSES) and 40 CFR (Subpart B, PSES) The facility is subject to 40 CFR (PSNS) and 40 CFR (Subpart D, PSES). The facility is subject to 40 CFR (Subpart D, PSES)

15 Need help?? Don t forget your lifelines. Call your local State Pretreatment Coordinator Call your regional EPA Pretreatment Coordinator Call EPA Headquarters

16 The Million Dollar Classification Over the course of the last two decades, EPA worked for several years on developing pretreatment standards for different industrial categories that failed to reach promulgation. Can you identify which of the following pairs of categories failed to be promulgated?

17 Answer??? Answer A? Answer B? Answer C? Centralized Waste Treatment and Transportation Equipment Cleaning Industrial Laundries and Metal Products and Machinery Steam Electric Generation and Pulp and Paper Products

18 So How Did You Do? Now go and classify a CIU!!!