Alternative effluent limitation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-001183",
  "term": "Alternative effluent limitation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Alternative Effluent Limitation",
  "definition": "1. All effluent limitations or standards of performance for the control of the thermal component of any discharge which are established under section 316(a) and this subpart.\n\n2. Effluent limitations determined on a case-by-case basis under section 402(a)(1) of the CWA or pretreatment standards developed as local limits by the control authority under 40 CFR § 403.6(c) that apply to the discharge of wastewater subject to this provision. The permit writer (or control authority) will calculate these limitations or standards using a “building block” approach or the “combined wastestream formula.” Under this approach, the permit writer (or control authority) will develop flow-weighted effluent limitations or standards for the treated combined wastestream by applying the limitations or standards in 40 CFR subchapter N that would otherwise apply to a particular wastestream received from off-site if the wastestream were treated and discharged from the facility at which it was generated.",
  "subject": "Regulatory activities",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 125.71 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 437.2 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/alternative-effluent-limitation/"
}