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| Final Rule Fact Sheet for Effluent Guidelines for Metal Products and Machinery               February 2003               
On February 14, 2003, EPA's Administrator signed a final rule to establish                 wastewater controls for the Metal Products & Machinery (MP&M)                 industrial category. The MP&M regulation applies to about                 2,400 facilities that generate oily wastewater. The rule establishes                 technology-based effluent limitations and new source performance                 standards for wastewater discharges from new and existing facilities                 that manufacture, rebuild, or maintain finished metal products,                 parts, or machines. 
To what facilities does this rule apply?
In addition to some government facilities, the final rule sets                 performance standards for facilities in these industrial sectors:               
- Aerospace                    - Aircraft                    - Bus and Truck                    - Electronic Equipment                    - Hardware                    - Household Equipment- Instruments                    - Mobile Industrial Equipment                    - Motor Vehicle                    - Office Machine                    - Ordnance                    - Precious Metals and Jewelry- Railroad                    - Ships and Boats                    - Stationary Industrial Equipment                    - Miscellaneous Metal Products
Examples of federal, state, and local government facilities that                 fall under this rule are a town that operates its own bus, truck,                 and/or snow removal equipment maintenance facility or a U.S. military                 base.
What does the MP&M rule do?
EPA is establishing limitations and standards only for facilities                 that directly discharge wastewaters from oily operations in the                 Oily Wastes subcategory. EPA is establishing daily maximum limits                 for two pollutants, oil and grease (as hexane extractable material)                 and total suspended solids, based on the best practicable control                 technology: (1) in-process flow control and pollution prevention;                 and (2) oil-water separation by chemical emulsion breaking and                 skimming. These limitations will be incorporated into industrial                 water pollution control permits for facilities in the Oily Wastes                 subcategory when they are issued or re-issued.
What are the impacts of the regulation?
EPA expects that, when the rule is implemented, the discharge                 of conventional pollutants (e.g., oil and grease and total suspended                 solids) will be reduced by about 500,000 pounds per year. Water                 quality improvements will increase opportunities for swimming                 and fishing and will reduce stress on aquatic ecosystems. EPA                 estimates it will cost facilities, both private and government,                 about $13.8 million a year to comply with this rule. EPA estimates                 that the affected companies can afford these costs. 
How can I get copies of the rule?
After the final rule is published in the Federal Register, you                 can request a copy by contacting the Office of Water Resource                 center at 202-566-1729 or center.water-resource@epa.gov. You can                 also write or call the National Service Center for Environmental                 Publications (NSCEP), U.S. EPA/NSCEP, P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati,                 Ohio 45242-2419, (800) 490-9198, http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/.               

You may also obtain electronic copies of this preamble and rule                 as well as major supporting documents at E-Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/                 and or at the MP&M webpage at http://www.epa.gov/guide/mpm/.                 Once in the E-Dockets system, select "search," then                 key in the MP&M docket identification number (OW-2002-0033).

 

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