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40 CFR 461.35: Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

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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 461—BATTERY MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
  5. Subpart C—Lead Subcategory

(a) Except as provided in § 403.7, any new source subject to this subpart that introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for new sources:

(1) Subpart C—Open Formation—Dehydrated—PSNS.

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

Metric units—mg/kg of lead used

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used

Copper 2.15 1.02

Lead 0.47 0.21

(2) Subpart C—Open Formation—Wet—PSNS.

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

Metric units—mg/kg of lead used

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used

Copper 0.067 0.032

Lead 0.014 0.006

(3) Subpart C—Plate Soak—PSNS.

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

Metric units—mg/kg of lead used

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used

Copper 0.026 0.012

Lead 0.005 0.002

(4) Subpart C—Battery Wash—(Detergent)—PSNS.

Pollutant or pollutant Property Maximum for any 1 Day Maximum for monthly average

Metric units—mg/kg of lead used

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used

Copper 1.152 0.549

Lead 0.252 0.117

(5) Subpart C—Direct Chill Lead Casting—PSNS.

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

Metric units—mg/kg of lead used

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used

Copper 0.000256 0.000122

Lead 0.000056 0.000026

(6) Subpart C—Mold Release Formulation—PSNS.

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

Metric units—mg/kg of lead used

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used

Copper 0.007 0.0037

Lead 0.0017 0.0008

(7) Subpart C—Truck Wash—PSNS.

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

Metric units—mg/kg of lead in trucked batteries

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead in trucked batteries

Copper 0.006 0.003

Lead 0.001 0.0007

(8) Subpart C—Laundry—PSNS.

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

Metric units—mg/kg of lead used

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used

Copper 0.14 0.07

Lead 0.03 0.01

(9) Subpart C—Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams—PSNS.

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

Metric units—mg/kg of lead used

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used

Copper 0.39 0.19

Lead 0.085 0.039

(b) There shall be no discharge allowance for process wastewater pollutants from any battery manufacturing operations other than those battery manufacturing operations listed above.

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