{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-433.16","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 433.16","heading":"New source performance standards (NSPS).","body":"(a) Any new source subject to this subpart must achieve the following performance standards:\nNSPS\nPollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Monthly average shall not exceed\nMilligrams per liter (mg/l)\nCadmium (T) 0.11 0.07\nChromium (T) 2.77 1.71\nCopper (T) 3.38 2.07\nLead (T) 0.69 0.43\nNickel (T) 3.98 2.38\nSilver (T) 0.43 0.24\nZinc (T) 2.61 1.48\nCyanide (T) 1.20 0.65\nTTO 2.13\nOil and Grease 52 26\nTSS 60 31\npH (1) (1)\n1 Within 6.0 to 9.0.\n(b) Alternatively, for industrial facilities with cyanide treatment, and upon agreement between a source subject to those limits and the pollution control authority, the following amenable cyanide limit may apply in place of the total cyanide limit specified in paragraph (a) of this section:\nPollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Monthly average shall not exceed\nMilligrams per liter (mg/l)\nCyanide (A) 0.86 0.32\n(c) No user subject to the provisions of this subpart shall augment the use of process wastewater or otherwise dilute the wastewater as a partial or total substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with this limitation.","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER N—EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS","PART 433—METAL FINISHING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY","Subpart A—Metal Finishing Subcategory"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-40.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:04Z","sha256":"25099909a2f6ff14bd5ca55552e082e47e14af09751d39c3d0dd4988e9b2c5b1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-433.15","next":"us/40-cfr-433.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}