Effluent Guidelines

Mineral Mining and Processing Effluent Guidelines Documents

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Mineral Mining Effluent Guidelines - Final Rule (PDF)(1 pg, 142 K, December 28, 1979, 44 FR 76793)
Development Document for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Mineral Mining and Processing Category (PDF)(475 pp, 21 MB, July 1979, 440/1-76/059b)
Technical documentation for the 1979, 1976 and 1975 final rules, and the basis for draft limitations in additional subcategories
Mineral Mining Effluent Guidelines - Final Rule (PDF)(3 pp, 449 K, March 10, 1978, 43 FR 9808)
Mineral Mining Effluent Guidelines - Proposed rule (PDF)(13 pp, 2 MB, June 10, 1976, 41 FR 23561)
Mineral Mining Effluent Guidelines - Final Rule (PDF)(10 pp, 2 MB, July 12, 1977, 42 FR 35843)
Mineral Mining Effluent Guidelines - Interim Final Rule (PDF)(9 pp, 2 MB, June 10, 1976, 41 FR 23552)
Development Document for Interim Final Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Mineral Mining and Processing Category (PDF)(438 pp, 18 MB, June 1976, 440/1-76/059a)
Mineral Mining Effluent Guidelines - Interim Final Rule (PDF)(13 pp, 2 MB, October 16, 1975, 40 FR 48652)
Development Document for Interim Final Effluent Limitations Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for the Mineral Mining and Processing Point Source Category; Vol. I: Minerals for the Construction Industry (PDF)(289 pp, 9 MB, October 1975, 440/1-75/059)
Development Document for Interim Final Effluent Limitations Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for the Mineral Mining and Processing Point Source Category; Vol. III: Clay, Ceramic, Refractory and Miscellaneous Minerals (PDF)(237 pp, 7 MB, October 1975, 440/1-75/059d)