JPR 8550.1 - Nasa
JPR 8550.1 - Nasa
JPR 8550.1 - Nasa
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JSC Environmental Compliance<br />
Procedural Requirements<br />
<strong>JPR</strong> No.<br />
<strong>8550.1</strong>A XXXX.X<br />
Effective Date:<br />
Johnson Space Center • Environmental Compliance Program<br />
Expiration Date:<br />
Expiration Date:<br />
Page Number<br />
3/25/2011<br />
3/25/2016<br />
[Leave Blank]<br />
Page 81 of 123<br />
b. Materials laboratories equipped with existing limestone pits plumbed into the sanitary sewer<br />
are permitted to discharge small volumes of dilute acid into properly designed laboratory sink<br />
drains.<br />
c. The presence of a limestone pit does not authorize discharge to storm water. No chemicals<br />
shall be discharged to storm water, even after treatment.<br />
d. Concentrated or dilute acids shall not be discharged into the sanitary sewer system without<br />
submittal of a JF1109 and express consent from the EO.<br />
8.2.2 Prohibited Discharges<br />
a. The following are prohibited and shall not be discharged into the sanitary sewer:<br />
(1) Pollutants that create, or have the potential to create, a fire or explosion hazard in the<br />
Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW);<br />
(2) Pollutants causing corrosive structural damage to the POTW;<br />
(3) Pollutants in any amount capable of causing obstruction to the flow in the POTW;<br />
(4) Pollutants released at a flow rate and/or concentration which will cause interference with<br />
the POTW;<br />
(5) Discharges of heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW.<br />
Specifically, discharges of liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 113 degrees<br />
Fahrenheit or any substance which causes the temperature of the total POTW influent to<br />
increase at a rate of 10 degrees Fahrenheit or more per hour or a combined total increase of<br />
POTW influent temperature to 104 degrees Fahrenheit;<br />
(6) Discharges of petroleum oil, non-biodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil origin<br />
in amounts that will cause interference or pass through;<br />
(7) Discharges which result in the presence of toxic gases, vapors, or fumes within the POTW<br />
in a quantity that may cause acute worker health and safety problems; and<br />
(8) Discharges of trucked or hauled pollutants.<br />
b. The following are prohibited and shall not be discharged to the sanitary sewer unless<br />
specific written authorization is received from the EO:<br />
(1) Discharges with a pH less than 5.5 or greater than 9.5;<br />
(2) Fats, wax, grease or oil in concentrations exceeding 100 mg/L;<br />
(3) Cyanide in concentrations exceeding 0.32 mg/L;<br />
(4) Chlorides in concentrations exceeding 250 mg/L;<br />
(5) Fluorides in concentrations exceeding that contained in drinking water;<br />
Verify correct version before use at<br />
http://server-mpo.arc.nasa.gov/Services/CDMSDocs/Centers/JSC/Home.tml.<br />
JSC Form JF2420B (MS Word August 28, 2006) (Revised May 30, 2007)