Pretreatment regulations for industrial wastewater dischargers

Federal

Federal pretreatment regulations--Title 40 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) (external link)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Industrial Water Pollution Controls: Effluent Guidelines (external link)

State

Revised Code of Washington (RCW) - Chapter 90.48- Water pollution control (external link)

Washington Administrative Code (WAC) - Chapter 173-208 - Grant of authority sewerage systems (external link)

Washington Administrative Code (WAC) Chapter 173-303 WAC - Dangerous waste regulations

Local

King County Code--See Title 28; portions of Sections 28.81, 28.82, and 28.84 establish the fees, rules, and regulations for the disposal of industrial waste into the sewerage system.

King County Public Rules--See Classification PUT 8 (Surface Water Management and Wastewater Treatment) for Public Rules PUT 8-12 - 8-16 relating to such subjects as the Industrial Waste Enforcement Response Plan, local discharge limits, construction dewatering, discharge of contaminated groundwater to the sewer, and discharge of cooling water to the sewer.

PUT 8-12-1 (PR) - King County Industrial Waste Enforcement Response Plan

PUT 8-13-1 (PR) - King County Industrial Waste Local Discharge Limits

PUT 8-14 (PR) - Discharge of Construction Dewatering to the Sanitary Sewer

PUT 8-15 (PR) - Discharge of Contaminated Groundwater to the Sanitary Sewer

PUT 8-16 (PR) - Discharge of Cooling Water into the Sanitary Sewer

PUT 8-22 (PR) - Discharge of Hauled Waste at at a King County Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) Treatment Plant

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