Guidance manual on the development and implementation of local discharge limitations under the pretreatment program

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5700156

Claff, R; Lai, L; Trick, P; Johnson, A; Washburn, E

The manual provides guidance to municipalities on the development and implementation of local limitations to control conventional, nonconventional, and toxic pollutant discharges from nondomestic industrial users to publicly-owned treatment works. The document is principally directed toward POTW personnel responsible for local pretreatment program implementation. In addition, it is intended to assist POTWs which are not required to develop local programs but must develop local limits to prevent recurrence of problems and to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local requirements. Issues included: (1) the legal and regulatory bases for local limits; (2) relationship of local limits to other pretreatment regulatory controls; (3) approaches to identify pollutants and sources warranting local limits control; (4) sampling and analysis to support local limits development; and (5) several technically-based approaches for local limits development. Greater emphasis and more detailed information is given on scientific, engineering, and operational issues integral to limits development, than on policy and procedural matters. Appendix A refers to several other EPA guidance materials. There are Appendices A-M.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Water Enforcement and Permits
• OSTI ID: 5700156
• Report Number(s): PB-92-129188/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-01-7043
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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