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40 CFR 468.13: New source performance standards (NSPS).

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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 468—COPPER FORMING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
  5. Subpart A—Copper Forming Subcategory

The following standards of performance establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this section, which may be discharged by a new source subject to the provisions of this subpart:

(a) Subpart A—Hot Rolling Spent Lubricant NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy hot rolled

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy hot rolled

Chromium 0.038 0.015

Copper 0.131 0.062

Lead 0.010 0.0092

Nickel 0.056 0.038

Zinc 0.105 0.043

Oil and grease 1.030 1.030

TSS 1.545 1.236

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(b) Subpart A—Cold Rolling Spent Lubricant NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy cold rolled

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy cold rolled

Chromium 0.140 0.056

Copper 0.485 0.231

Lead 0.037 0.034

Nickel 0.208 0.140

Zinc 0.386 0.159

Oil and grease 3.790 3.790

TSS 5.685 4.548

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(c) Subpart A—Drawing Spent Lubricant NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy drawn

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy drawn

Chromium 0.031 0.012

Copper 0.108 0.051

Lead 0.0085 0.0076

Nickel 0.046 0.031

Zinc 0.086 0.035

Oil and grease 0.85 0.85

TSS 1.275 1.020

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(d) Subpart A—Solution Heat Treatment NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy drawn

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy heat treated

Chromium 0.239 0.096

Copper 0.826 0.394

Lead 0.064 0.058

Nickel 0.355 0.239

Zinc 0.658 0.271

Oil and grease 6.460 6.460

TSS 9.690 7.752

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(e) Subpart A—Extrusion Heat Treatment NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy heat treated on an extrusion press

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy heat treated on and extrusion press

Chromium 0.00074 0.00030

Copper 0.0020 0.0010

Lead 0.00020 0.00018

Nickel 0.0010 0.00074

Zinc 0.0020 0.00084

Oil and grease 0.020 0.020

TSS 0.030 0.024

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(f) Subpart A—Annealing with Water NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy annealed with water

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy annealed with water

Chromium 0.458 0.186

Copper 1.587 0.756

Lead 0.124 0.111

Nickel 0.682 0.458

Zinc 1.264 0.520

Oil and grease 12.400 12.400

TSS 18.600 14.880

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(g) Subpart A—Annealing with Oil NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy annealed with oil

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy annealed with oil

Chromium 0 0

Copper 0 0

Lead 0 0

Nickel 0 0

Zinc 0 0

Oil and grease 0 0

TSS 0 0

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(h) Subpart A—Alkaline Cleaning Rinse NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy alkaline cleaned

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy alkaline cleaned

Chromium 1.559 0.632

Copper 5.393 2.570

Lead 0.421 0.379

Nickel 2.317 1.559

Zinc 4.298 1.769

Oil and grease 42.140 42.140

TSS 63.210 50.568

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(i) Subpart A—Alkaline Cleaning Rinse for Forged Parts NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy forged parts alkaline cleaned

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy forged parts alkaline cleaned

Chromium 4.677 1.896

Copper 16.181 7.711

Lead 1.264 1.137

Nickel 6.953 4.677

Zinc 12.894 5.309

Oil and grease 126.420 126.420

TSS 189.630 151.704

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(j) Subpart A—Alkaline Cleaning Bath NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy alkaline cleaned

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy alkaline cleaned

Chromium 0.017 0.0070

Copper 0.059 0.028

Lead 0.0046 0.0042

Nickel 0.025 0.017

Zinc 0.047 0.019

Oil and grease 0.46 0.46

TSS 0.70 0.56

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(k) Subpart A—Pickling Rinse NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy pickled

English units—pounds per/1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy pickled

Chromium 0.216 0.087

Copper 0.748 0.356

Lead 0.058 0.052

Nickel 0.321 0.216

Zinc 0.596 0.245

Oil and grease 5.850 5.850

TSS 8.775 7.020

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(l) Subpart A—Pickling Rinse for Forged Parts NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy forged parts pickled

English units—pounds per/1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy forged parts pickled

Chromium 0.649 0.263

Copper 2.246 1.070

Lead 0.175 0.157

Nickel 0.965 0.649

Zinc 1.790 0.737

Oil and grease 17.550 17.550

TSS 26.325 21.060

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(m) Subpart A—Pickling Bath NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy pickled

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy pickled

Chromium 0.042 0.017

Copper 0.148 0.070

Lead 0.011 0.010

Nickel 0.063 0.042

Zinc 0.118 0.048

Oil and grease 1.160 1.160

TSS 1.740 1.392

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(n) Subpart A—Pickling Fume Scrubber NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy pickled.

English units-pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy pickled

Chromium 0.231 0.093

Copper 0.801 0.381

Lead 0.062 0.056

Nickel 0.344 0.231

Zinc 0.638 0.262

Oil and grease 6.260 6.260

TSS 9.390 7.512

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(o) Subpart A—Tumbling or Burnishing NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper tumbled or burnished

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy tumbled or burnished

Chromium 0.215 0.087

Copper 0.746 0.355

Lead 0.058 0.052

Nickel 0.320 0.215

Zinc 0.594 0.244

Oil and grease 5.830 5.830

TSS 8.745 6.996

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(p) Subpart A—Surface Coating NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy surface coated

English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy surface coated

Chromium 0.274 0.111

Copper 0.951 0.453

Lead 0.074 0.066

Nickel 0.408 0.274

Zinc 0.757 0.312

Oil and grease 7.430 7.430

TSS 11.145 8.916

pH (1) (1)

1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(q) Subpart A—Miscellaneous Waste Streams NSPS.

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

Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy formed

English units—pounds/1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy formed

Chromium 0.008 0.003

Copper 0.027 0.013

Lead 0.0021 0.0019

Nickel 0.011 0.008

Zinc 0.022 0.009

Oil and grease 0.218 0.218

TSS 0.327 0.261

pH (1) (1)

Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

Collected 2026-08-27T02:26:04Z. Source file · JSON

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