40 CFR 415.135
§ 415.135 New source performance standards (NSPS).
United States · 40 CFR — Protection of Environment · Status: effective
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- 40 CFR 415.135, § 415.135 New source performance standards (NSPS), United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/188223
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Any new source subject to this subpart must achieve the following new source performance standards (NSPS):
(a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section there shall be no discharge of process wastewater pollutants into navigable waters.
(b) A process wastewater impoundment which is designed, constructed, and operated so as to contain the precipitation from the 25-year, 24-hour rainfall event as established by the National Climatic Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the area in which such impoundment is located may discharge that volume of process wastewater which is equivalent to the volume of precipitation that falls within the impoundment in excess of that attributable to the 25-year, 24-hour rainfall event, when such event occurs.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.