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Effluent Guidelines

Nonferrous Metals Manufacturing Effluent Guidelines Documents for 1990 Amendment

Federal Register notices and support documents for the 1990 final rule.
  • The 1989 Development Document (10 volumes) is a consolidation of all BAT Phase I & II revisions:
    1. General

    2. Bauxite Refining, Primary Aluminum Refining, Secondary Aluminum Refining

    3. Primary Copper Smelting, Primary Electrolytic Copper Refining, Secondary Copper, Metallurgical Acid Plants

    4. Primary Zinc, Primary Lead, Secondary Lead, Primary Antimony

    5. Primary Precious Metals and Mercury, Secondary Precious Metals, Secondary Silver, Secondary Mercury

    6. Primary Tungsten, Secondary Tungsten & Cobalt, Primary Molybdenum & Rhenium, Secondary Molybdenum & Vanadium

    7. Primary Beryllium, Primary Nickel and Cobalt, Secondary Nickel, Secondary Tin

    8. Primary Columbium-Tantalum, Secondary Tantalum, Secondary Uranium

    9. Primary and Secondary Titanium, Primary Zirconium & Hafnium

    10. Primary and Secondary Germanium & Gallium, Primary Rare Earth Metals, Secondary Indium


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