Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 200-299 - Environmental Protection Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System › Chapter NR 274 - Nonferrous metals manufacturing › Subchapter II - Primary Aluminum Smelting › Section NR 274.026 - Pretreatment standards for new sources

Current through June 24, 2024
Except as provided in s.
					 NR
					 211.13, any new source subject to this subchapter
					 which introduces pollutants into a POTW shall comply with ch. NR 211 and
					 achieve the following PSNS:
Table 2-34
Primary Aluminum Smelting Anode and Cathode Paste Plant Wet
					 Air Pollution Control
PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Maximum for monthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property
mg/kg (pounds per 1,000,000 pounds) of
								  paste
Benzo(a)pyrene
0.000
Nickel
0.000
0.000
Fluoride
0.000
0.000
Table 2-35
Primary Aluminum Smelting Anode Contact Cooling and
					 Briquette Quenching
PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Maximum for monthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property
mg/kg (pounds per 1,000,000 pounds) of anodes
								  cast
Benzo(a)pyrene
0.007
0.003
Nickel
0.115
0.077
Fluoride
12.440
5.518
Table 2-36
Primary Aluminum Smelting Anode Bake Plant Wet Air
					 Pollution Control
PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Maximum for monthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property
mg/kg (pounds per 1,000,000 pounds) of anodes
								  baked
Benzo(a)pyrene
0.000
Nickel
0.000
0.000
Fluoride
0.000
0.000
Table 2-37
Primary Aluminum Smelting Cathode Reprocessing Operated
					 With Dry Potline Scrubbing and Not Commingled With Other Process or Nonprocess
					 Wastewaters
PSNS
Maximum for any M 1 day mo
aximum for nthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property
mg/kg (pounds per 1,000,000 pounds) of cryolite
								  recovered
Benzo(a)pyrene
1.181
0.547
Cyanide
157.600
70.060
Nickel
80.570
35.030
Fluoride
29,430.000
13,310.000
Table 2-38
Primary Aluminum Smelting Cathode Reprocessing Operated
					 With Dry Potline Scrubbing and Commingled With Other Process or Nonprocess
					 Wastewaters
PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Maximum for monthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property
mg/kg (pounds per 1,000,000 pounds) of cryolite
								  recovered
Benzo(a)pyrene
1.181
0.547
Cyanide
157.600
70.060
Nickel
19.270
12.960
Fluoride
2,084.000
924.800
Table 2-39
Primary Aluminum Smelting Potline Wet Air Pollution
					 Control
PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Maximum for monthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property
mg/kg (pounds per 1,000,000 pounds) of aluminum
								  produced from electrolytic reduction
Benzo(a)pyrene
0.000
Nickel
0.000
0.000
Fluoride
0.000
0.000
Table 2-40
Primary Aluminum Smelting Potroom Wet Air Pollution
					 Control
PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Maximum for monthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property
mg/kg (pounds per 1,000,000 pounds) of aluminum
								  produced from electrolytic reduction
Benzo(a)pyrene
0.000
Nickel
0.000
0.000
Fluoride
0.000
0.000
Table 2-41
Primary Aluminum Smelting Potline Sulfur Dioxide Emissions
					 Wet Air Pollution Control
PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Maximum for monthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property
mg/kg (pounds per 1,000,000 pounds) of aluminum
								  produced from electrolytic reduction
Benzo(a)pyrene
0.045
0.021
Nickel
0.738
0.496
Fluoride
79.790
35.400
Table 2-42
Primary Aluminum Smelting Degassing Wet Air Pollution
					 Control
PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Maximum for monthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property
mg/kg (pounds per 1000,000 ,pounds) of aluminum
								  produced from electrolytic reduction
Benzo(a)pyrene
0.000
Nickel
0.000
0.000
Fluoride
0.000
0.000
Table 2-43
Primary Aluminum Smelting Pot Repair and Pot Soaking
PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Maximum for monthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property
mg/kg (pounds per 1,000,000 pounds) of aluminum
								  produced from electrolytic reduction
Benzo(a)pyrene
0.000
Nickel
0.000
0.000
Fluoride
0.000
0.000
Table 2-44
Primary Aluminum Smelting Direct Chill Casting Contact
					 Cooling
PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Maximum for monthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property
mg/kg (pounds per 1,000,000 pounds) of aluminum
								  produced from direct chill casting
Benzo(a)pyrene
(1)
(1)
Nickel
0.731
0.492
Fluoride
79.080
35.090
(1) This pollutant has no discharge allowance.
Table 2-45
Primary Aluminum Smelting Continuous Rod Casting Contact
					 Cooling
PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Maximum for monthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property
mg/kg (pounds per 1,000,000 pounds) of aluminum
								  produced from rod casting
Benzo(a)pyrene
(1)
(1)
Nickel
0.057
0.038
Fluoride
6.188
2.746
(1) This pollutant has no discharge allowance.
Table 2-46
Primary Aluminum Smelting Stationary Casting or Shot
					 Casting Contact Cooling
PSNS
Maximum for any 1 day
Maximum for monthly average
Pollutant or pollutant property
mg/kg (pounds per 1,000,000 pounds) of aluminum
								  produced from stationary casting or shot casting
Benzo(a)pyrene
0.000
Nickel
0.000
0.000
Fluoride
0.000
0.000