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Petroleum Refining Effluent Guidelines Documents for 1974, 1975 and 1977 Rules

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  • Petroleum Refining Effluent Guidelines
  • 1977 Amendment
    Established PSES
  • 1975 Amendment
    Revised BPT: TSS and chromium-VI limits
  • 1974 Initial Rulemaking
    Established BPT, BAT, NSPS, PSNS

  • Interim final rule (pdf) (1.19 MB, March 23, 1977, 42 FR 15684)
  • Interim Final Supplement For Pretreatment to the Development Document for the Petroleum Refining Industry Existing Point Source Category (pdf) (4.32 MB, March 1977, 440/1-76/083a)
  • Proposed rule (pdf) (330.28 KB, May 9, 1974, 39 FR 16574)
  • Final rule (pdf) (2.37 MB, May 20, 1975, 40 FR 21939)
  • Proposed Rule (pdf) (360.6 KB, October 17, 1974, 39 FR 37069)
  • Final rule (pdf) (1.98 MB, May 9, 1974, 39 FR 16560)
  • Development Document for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for the Petroleum Refining Point Source Category (pdf) (6.99 MB, April 1974, 440/1-74-014a)
  • Proposed rule (pdf) (2.39 MB, December 14, 1973, 38 FR 34542)

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