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40 CFR 421.136: Pretreatment standards for new sources.

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  1. Title 40—Protection of Environment
  2. CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
  3. SUBCHAPTER N—EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS
  4. PART 421—NONFERROUS METALS MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
  5. Subpart M—Secondary Lead Subcategory

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to this subpart which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for new sources. The mass of wastewater pollutants in secondary lead process wastewater introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:

(a) Subpart M—Battery Cracking.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average

mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead scrap produced

Antimony 1.299 .579

Arsenic .936 .384

Lead .189 .087

Zinc .687 .283

Ammonia (as N) .000 .000

(b) Subpart M—Blast, Reverberatory, or Rotary Furnace Wet Air Pollution Control.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average

mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from smelting

Antimony 5.038 2.245

Arsenic 3.628 1.488

Lead .731 .339

Zinc 2.662 1.096

Ammonia (as N) .000 .000

(c) Subpart M—Kettle Wet Air Pollution Control.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average

mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from refining

Antimony .000 .000

Arsenic .000 .000

Lead .000 .000

Zinc .000 .000

Ammonia (as N) .000 .000

(d) Subpart M—Lead Paste Desulfurization.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average

mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead processed through desulfurization

Antimony .000 .000

Arsenic .000 .000

Lead .000 .000

Zinc .000 .000

Ammonia (as N) .000 .000

(e) Subpart M—Casting Contact Cooling.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average

mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead cast

Antimony .042 .019

Arsenic .031 .013

Lead .006 .003

Zinc .022 .009

Ammonia (as N) .000 .000

(f) Subpart M—Truck Wash.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average

mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from smelting

Antimony .041 .018

Arsenic .029 .012

Lead .006 .003

Zinc .021 .009

Ammonia (as N) .000 .000

(g) Subpart M—Facility Washdown.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average

mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from smelting

Antimony .000 .000

Arsenic .000 .000

Lead .000 .000

Zinc .000 .000

Ammonia (as N) .000 .000

(h) Subpart M—Battery Case Classification.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average

mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead scrap produced

Antimony .000 .000

Arsenic .000 .000

Lead .000 .000

Zinc .000 .000

Ammonia (as N) .000 .000

(i) Subpart M—Employee Handwash.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average

mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from smelting

Antimony .052 .023

Arsenic .038 .015

Lead .008 .004

Zinc .028 .011

Ammonia (as N) .000 .000

(j) Subpart M—Employee Respirator Wash.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average

mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from smelting

Antimony .085 .038

Arsenic .061 .025

Lead .012 .006

Zinc .045 .018

Ammonia (as N) .000 .000

(k) Subpart M—Laundering of Uniforms.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average

mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from smelting

Antimony .247 .110

Arsenic .178 .073

Lead .036 .017

Zinc .131 .054

Ammonia (as N) .000 .000

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