Process Waste Water

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022315",
  "term": "Process Waste Water",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes into direct contact with or results from the production or use of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, byproduct, or waste product.\n\n2. Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes into direct contact with or results from the production or use of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product, or waste product. The term “process waste water” does not include contaminated nonprocess waste water, as defined below. [40 CFR 422.41 (CFR 2013)]\n\n3. In the case of tire and inner tube plants constructed before 1959, discharges from the following: Soapstone solution applications; steam cleaning operations; air pollution control equipment; unroofed process oil unloading areas; mold cleaning operations; latex applications; and air compressor receivers. Discharges from other areas of such plants shall not be classified as process waste water for the purposes of this section.\n\n4. Waters which result from baghouse operations or thermal quench operations. [40 CFR 458.11 (CFR 2013)]\n\n5. Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes into direct contact with or results from the production or use of any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product, or waste product.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 117.1 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 422.51 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 428.11 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 458.21 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 401.11 (CFR 2017)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/process-waste-water/"
}