Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0074-0527
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-12-24T05:00Z

MEMORANDUM
TO:
304(
m)
Record
(
EPA
Docket
Number
OW­
2003­
0074)

FROM:
Bob
Southworth,
ERG
DATE:
October
29,
2003
SUBJECT:
Assignment
of
SIC
Codes
for
the
Nonferrous
Metals
Manufacturing
Point
Source
Category
(
40
CFR
Part
421)

This
memorandum
discusses
the
Standard
Industrial
Classification
(
SIC)
codes
for
facilities
in
the
subcategories
for
the
effluent
limitations
guidelines
and
standards
for
the
Nonferrous
Metals
Manufacturing
Point
Source
Category
(
40
CFR
Part
421).
It
reviews
the
primary
SIC
codes
for
the
nonferrous
metals
manufacturing
(
NFM)
industry,
lists
the
subcategories
in
the
Part
421,
and
presents
the
SIC
code
assigned
to
each
subcategory
for
the
review
of
pollutant
loads
for
the
nonferrous
metals
manufacturing
industry
that
was
conducted
during
the
development
of
the
2004/
05
304(
m)
plan.

There
are
31
subcategories
in
the
effluent
limitations
guidelines
and
standards
for
the
nonferrous
metals
manufacturing
industry.
Although
facilities
with
different
SIC
codes
can
perform
operations
subject
to
Part
421,
the
primary
SIC
codes
for
facilities
subject
to
the
NFM
effluent
limitations
guidelines
and
standards
are:

A
portion
of
SIC
Code
2819
NEC
­
Inorganic
Chemicals,
Not
Elsewhere
Classified;

SIC
Code
3331
­
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Copper;

SIC
Code
3334
­
Primary
Production
of
Aluminum;

SIC
Code
3339
­
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper);
and

SIC
Code
3341
­
Secondary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals.

SIC
Code
2819
includes
several
operations
covered
by
Part
421,
including
the
production
of
bauxite,
refined;
alumina;
uranium,
slug
(
radioactive);
liquid
metals;
and
several
metals,
inorganic.
ERG
used
discharge/
release
data
from
the
2000
Permit
Compliance
System
(
PCS)
and
2000
Toxic
Release
Inventory
(
TRI)
databases
along
with
data
available
on
the
Internet
to
determine
which
facilities
in
SIC
Code
2819
performed
operations
covered
by
Part
MEMORANDUM
October
29,
2003
Page
2
421.
The
following
facilities
with
SIC
Code
2819
listed
below
are
known
to
perform
NFM
manufacturing
operations:

ALCOA
World
Alumina
in
Texas
(
TRI);

ALCOA
World
Alumina
in
Florida
(
TRI);

ALCOA
World
Chemicals
in
Arkansas
(
TRI);

U.
S.
Enrichment
Corp
in
Kentucky
(
TRI
and
PCS);

U.
S.
Enrichment
Corp
in
Ohio
(
PCS);
and

Reynolds
Metals
Co
in
Arkansas
(
PCS).

Pollutant
loads
for
these
facilities
are
included
in
the
pollutant
loads
for
the
NFM
manufacturing
point
source
category.

The
following
table
presents
the
SIC
codes
assigned
to
facilities
in
each
of
the
subcategories
for
the
nonferrous
metals
manufacturing
point
source
category.
As
shown,
one
subcategory
was
assigned
to
SIC
code
2819,
four
subcategories
to
SIC
code
3331,
one
subcategory
to
SIC
code
3334,
13
subcategories
to
SIC
code
3339,
and
12
subcategories
to
SIC
code
3341.

SIC
Codes
Assigned
By
Subcategory
Subcategory
SIC
Code
SIC
Code
Name
Bauxite
Refining
3331
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Copper
Metallurgical
Acid
Plants1
3331
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Copper
Primary
Aluminum
3334
Primary
Production
of
Aluminum
Primary
and
Secondary
Germanium
and
Gallium2
3339
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper
Primary
and
Secondary
Titanium3
3339
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper
Primary
Antimony
3339
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper
Primary
Beryllium
3339
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper
Primary
Columbium
and
Tantalum
3339
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper
Primary
Copper
Smelting
3331
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Copper
Primary
Electrolytic
Copper
Refining
3331
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Copper
Primary
Lead
3339
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper
MEMORANDUM
October
29,
2003
Page
3
Subcategory
SIC
Code
SIC
Code
Name
Primary
Molybdenum
and
Rhenium
3339
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper
Primary
Nickel
and
Cobalt
3339
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper
Primary
Precious
Metals
and
Mercury
3339
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper
Primary
Rare
Earth
Metals
3339
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper
Primary
Tungsten
3339
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper
Primary
Zinc
3339
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper
Primary
Zirconium
and
Hafnium
3339
Primary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals,
Except
Copper
Secondary
Aluminum
3341
Secondary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals
Secondary
Copper
3341
Secondary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals
Secondary
Indium
3341
Secondary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals
Secondary
Lead
3341
Secondary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals
Secondary
Mercury
3341
Secondary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals
Secondary
Molybdenum
and
Vanadium
3341
Secondary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals
Secondary
Nickel
3341
Secondary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals
Secondary
Precious
Metals
3341
Secondary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals
Secondary
Silver
3341
Secondary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals
Secondary
Tantalum
3341
Secondary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals
Secondary
Tin
3341
Secondary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals
Secondary
Tungsten
and
Cobalt
3341
Secondary
Smelting
and
Refining
of
Nonferrous
Metals
MEMORANDUM
October
29,
2003
Page
4
Subcategory
SIC
Code
SIC
Code
Name
Secondary
Uranium
2819
Smelting
or
Refining
of
Uranium
(
NFM
Portion
of
Inorganic
Chemicals
SIC
Code)

1
ERG
assigned
the
Metallurgical
Acid
Plants
Subcategory
to
SIC
Code
3331.
According
to
Dan
Edelstein
of
the
U.
S.
G.
S.
Minerals
Division,
metallurgical
acid
recovery
is
done
mostly
for
primary
smelting.
Also,
according
to
the
Technical
Development
Document
for
the
nonferrous
metals
manufacturing
effluent
limitations
guidelines
and
standards,
it
is
more
often
associated
with
copper,
zinc,
lead,
and
molybdenum.

2
ERG
assigned
the
Primary
and
Secondary
Germanium
and
Gallium
Subcategory
to
SIC
Code
3339,
because
ERG
was
unable
to
separate
the
secondary
facility
pollutant
loads
from
the
primary
facility
pollutant
loads.

3
ERG
assigned
the
Primary
and
Secondary
Titanium
Subcategory
to
SIC
Code
3339
because
ERG
was
unable
to
separate
the
secondary
facility
pollutant
loads
from
the
primary
facility
pollutant
loads.