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Grain Mills Effluent Guidelines Documents

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Documents pertaining to Grain Mills Effluent Guidelines (40 CFR Part 406)

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  • Initial Rulemaking
    • 1975 rule: Subparts G-J
    • 1974 rule: Subparts A-F

  • Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology; Effluent Limitations Guidelines; Final rule (pdf) (3.35 MB, July 9, 1986, 51 FR 24974)
    Revised BCT methodology and effluent limitations pursuant to litigation
  • Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology; Effluent Limitations Guidelines; Proposed rule (pdf) (2.86 MB, October 29, 1982, 47 FR 49176)
  • Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology; Reasonableness of Existing Effluent Limitation Guidelines; Final rule (pdf) (3.4 MB, August 29, 1979, 44 FR 50732)
    Initial BCT methodology and effluent limitations; later revised after litigation. See July 9, 1986 final rule.
  • Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology; Reasonableness of Existing Effluent Limitation Guidelines; Proposed rule (pdf) (3.7 MB, August 23, 1978, 43 FR 37570)
  • Supplement to Development Document for Effluent Limitations Guidelines for the Corn Wet Milling Subcategory of the Grain Mills Point Source Category (pdf) (1.8 MB, January 1978, 440/1-78/028b)
    Subpart A - BPT, BAT. Review of available data on raw waste loads and waste treatment within the corn wet milling industry.
  • Grain Mills Effluent Guidelines - Final Rule (pdf) (785.24 KB, January 3, 1975, 40 FR 916)
    BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSNS; Subparts G-J
  • Development Document for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for the Animal Feed, Breakfast Cereal, and Wheat Starch Segment of the Grain Mills Point Source Category (pdf) (21.23 MB, December 1974, 440/1-74/039a)
    Industry description, wastewater characterization, treatment technologies, regulatory compliance cost estimates and pollutant loadings for the final rule. Subparts G-J.
  • Grain Mills Effluent Guidelines - Proposed rule (pdf) (1.65 MB, September 17, 1974, 39 FR 33470)
  • Grain Mills Effluent Guidelines - Final Rule (pdf) (1.21 MB, March 20, 1974, 39 FR 10512)
    BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSNS; Subparts A-F
  • Development Document for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for the Grain Processing Segment of the Grain Mills Point Source Category (pdf) (20.61 MB, March 1974, 440/1-74/028a)
    Industry description, wastewater characterization, treatment technologies, regulatory compliance cost estimates and pollutant loadings for the final rule. Subparts A-F.
  • Grain Mills Effluent Guidelines - Proposed rule (pdf) (1.34 MB, December 4, 1973, 39 FR 33438)

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