Approved
Removal
Credits
list
updated
May
18,
2005
POTW
Date
Approved
Pollutant(
s)
Affected
Industries
Type
Number
Hartland,
Maine
ME0101443
Permitted
POTW
flow:
1.5
MGD.

http://
www.
epa.
gov/
npdescan/
m
e0101443fs.
pdf
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
npdescan/
m
e0101443fp.
pdf
10/
31/
95
Chromium
­
97%
removal
40
CFR
425
Leather
tannery
Irving
Tanning
Company
(
Only
IU
in
town,
contributing
approx.

90%
of
POTW
influent
directly
to
POTW
headworks.

IU
provides
no
treatment.
IU
effluent
approx.
4
x
cat.
std.)
1
Berwick,
Maine
ME0101397
POTW
flow
is
~
1
MGD.

http://
www.
epa.
gov/
npdescan/
m
e0101397fs.
pdf
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
npdescan/
m
e0101397fp.
pdf
April
2005
Chromium
­
97%
removal
40
CFR
425
Leather
tannery
Prime
Tanning
Company
(
Only
IU
in
town,
contributing
approx.

90%
of
POTW
influent
directly
to
POTW
headworks.

IU
provides
no
treatment.
IU
effluent
approx.
4
x
cat.
std.)
1
Approved
Removal
Credits
list
updated
May
18,
2005
POTW
Date
Approved
Pollutant(
s)
Affected
Industries
Type
Number
Frank
E.
Van
Lare
Wastewater
Treatment
Plant
­

Monroe
County,
NY
Pretreatment
Program
NY0028339
Permitted
POTW
Flow:
135
MGD
Public
noticed
in
October
2004;

Approval
pending
notification,

installation,
and
successful
start­
up
of
autodialer
at
POTW.*
Phenols
40
CFR
433,
464
Metal
Molding
&
Casting
(
combined
with
Metal
Finishing)
0*

Linden­
Roselle
Sewerage
Authority
Linden,
NJ
NJPDES#
NJ0024953
8/
8/
2001
15
organic
compounds
originally
approved
within
removal
credit.

7/
11/
2003
revision
to
40
CFR
439
deregulated
one
of
the
pollutants,
so
the
removal
credit
now
applies
to
14
pollutants.
40
CFR
439.36
Pharmaceutical:

MERCK
1
Approved
Removal
Credits
list
updated
May
18,
2005
POTW
Date
Approved
Pollutant(
s)
Affected
Industries
Type
Number
City
of
Bethlehem
Wastewater
Treatment
Plant
Bethlehem,
PA
PA0026042
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
npdescan/
P
A0026042FS.
pdf
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
npdescan/
P
A0026042FP.
pdf
(
Removal
credit
is
still
recognized
in
the
POTW
NPDES
permit,
even
though
no
CIU
is
currently
using
it.)
5/
1998
Ammonia
40
CFR
420
Iron
&
Steel
Bethlehem
Steel
industry
operations
closed
May
1998
0
Red
Wing
WWTP
­

Red
Wing,
MN
MN0024571
Permitted
POTW
flow:
4
MGD
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
npdescan/
m
n0024571fp.
pdf
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
npdescan/
m
n0024571fs.
pdf
7/
18/
2003
Chromium
­
91%
removal
40
CFR
425
Leather
tannery
S
B
Foot
Tanning
Company
http://
www.
sbfoot.
com
1
Approved
Removal
Credits
list
updated
May
18,
2005
POTW
Date
Approved
Pollutant(
s)
Affected
Industries
Type
Number
Joint
American
Bottoms
Regional
Treatment
Facility
­

Sauget,
IL
IL0065145
http://
www.
epa.
state.
il.
us/

publicnotices
2003/
sauget/
draft­
permit
.
pdf
ONP
and
PNP
approved
7/
24/
97
PNP
%
removal
revised
1/
13/
03
In
2004,
industrial
process
generating
these
pollutants
was
discontinued
ortho­
nitrophenol
("
ONP")
­

97.19%
removal
para­
nitrophenol
("
PNP")
­

98.22%
removal
40
CFR
414
OCPSF:

Solutia,
Inc./
Flexsys
0
Joint
American
Bottoms
Regional
Treatment
Facility
­

Sauget,
IL
IL0065145
http://
www.
epa.
state.
il.
us/

publicnotices
2003/
sauget/
draft­
permit
.
pdf
5/
4/
98
Cadmium
­
57%
removal
Zinc
­
83%
removal
40
CFR
421.85,
40
CFR
421.95
Nonferrous
Metals
Manufacturing
Big
River
Zinc
Corporation
­
produces
100,000
tons
per
year
of
zinc
as
refined
zinc
metal,
zinc
alloys,

zinc
powders,
zinc
sulfate
monohydrate
and
zinc
oxide
as
an
electrolytic
zinc
refinery.

­
produces
over
150,000
tons
per
year
of
electrolytic
or
commercial
grade
sulfuric
acid
and
is
also
a
producer
of
high
quality
cadmium
oxide.

http://
www.
bigriverzinc.
com/
who.
html
1
Approved
Removal
Credits
list
updated
May
18,
2005
POTW
Date
Approved
Pollutant(
s)
Affected
Industries
Type
Number
Ashland
STP
­
Ashland,
KY
KY0022373
2/
8/
1994
Ammonia
­
66%
removal
40
CFR
420
Iron
&
Steel
A.
K.
Steel
­
Ashland
Works
(
formerly
ARMCO
Steel)
1
SUMMARY
Approved
Removal
Credits
list
updated
May
18,
2005
POTW
Date
Approved
Pollutant(
s)
Affected
Industries
Type
Number
6
POTWs
currently
using
Removal
Credits
(
with
8
POTWs'
NPDES
permits
recognizing
the
credits)

2
POTWs
not
currently
using
the
Removal
Credits
listed
in
their
NPDES
permits:

­
Frank
E.
Van
Lare
WWTP,

Monroe
County,
NY
­
awaiting
installation
of
equipment
at
POTW;

­
City
of
Bethlehem,
PA
­

removal
credit
still
in
permit,
but
industry
receiving
credit
has
ceased
operation.
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

POTW
Locations:

2
in
Maine
(
tanneries)

1
in
New
York
(
Metal
Molding)

1
in
New
Jersey
(
Pharmaceutical)

1
in
Pennsylvania
(
iron
&
steel)

1
in
Minnesota
(
tannery)

1
in
Illinois
(
OCPSF,

Nonferrous)

1
in
Kentucky
(
iron
&
steel)
22
different
pollutants
(
19
pollutants
currently
credited
­
15
at
1
CIU):

°
Chromium
at
3
POTWs
­
the
leather
tanneries)

°
Phenols
at
1
POTW
­

Metal
Molding
&
Casting
(
credit
pending
installation
of
equipment
at
POTW)

°
Ammonia
at
2
POTWs
­

Iron
&
Steel
(
1
credit
is
in
POTW
but
industry
not
discharging)

°
15
organic
compounds
at
1
POTW
for
1
CIU
­

Pharmaceutical
manufacturer
°
ONP
and
PNP
(
phenols)

at
1
POTW
for
1
CIU
­

OCPSF,
but
industry
no
longer
operates
the
contributing
process
line
°
Cadmium
&
Zinc
at
1
POTW
for
1
CIU
­

Nonferrous
metal
manufacturer
6
different
industrial
sectors
represented,
but
only
4
sectors
actively
using
removal
credits
6
CIUs
currently
using
the
credits:

°
3
Leather
Tanning
facilities;

°
1
Pharmaceutical
facility;

°
1
Iron
&
Steel
facilities;

°
1
Nonferrous
Metals
Manufacturing
facility
______________________________

Other
CIUs
with
approved
removal
credits
in
the
POTW
permit,
but
CIU
not
actively
using
the
credit:

°
1
Metal
Molding
and
Casting
facility
(
combined
with
Metal
Finishing
operation)
­
at
Frank
E.
Van
Lare
WWTP,
which
is
awaiting
installation
of
equipment
at
POTW;

°
1
OCPSF
facility
­
removal
credit
is
still
in
POTW
permit,
but
facility
ceased
operation
of
contribution
process;

°
1
Iron
&
Steel
facility
­
removal
credit
is
still
in
POTW
permit,
but
facility
ceased
operation
Key:
*
Shaded
rows
indicate
inactive
Removal
Credits
