Excluded manufacturing process

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010274",
  "term": "Excluded manufacturing process",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Excluded Manufacturing Process",
  "definition": "Manufacturing process in which quantities of PCBs, as determined in accordance with the definition of inadvertently generated PCBs, calculated as defined, and from which releases to products, air, and water meet the requirements of paragraphs (1) through (5) of this definition, or the importation of products containing PCBs as unintentional impurities, which products meet the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this definition.(1) The concentration of inadvertently generated PCBs in products leaving any manufacturing site or imported into the United States must have an annual average of less than 25 ppm, with a 50 ppm maximum.(2) The concentration of inadvertently generated PCBs in the components of detergent bars leaving the manufacturing site or imported into the United States must be less than 5 ppm.(3) The release of inadvertently generated PCBs at the point at which emissions are vented to ambient air must be less than 10 ppm.(4) The amount of inadvertently generated PCBs added to water discharged from a manufacturing site must be less than 100 micrograms per resolvable gas chromatographic peak per liter of water discharged.(5) Disposal of any other process wastes above concentrations of 50 ppm PCB must be in accordance with subpart D of this part.",
  "subject": "Commercial processes",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 761.3 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/excluded-manufacturing-process/"
}