{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-461.13","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 461.13","heading":"New source performance standards (NSPS).","body":"(a) The discharge of wastewater pollutants from any new source subject to this subpart shall not exceed the standards set forth below:\n(1) Subpart A—Electrodeposited Anodes—NSPS.\nPollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average\nMetric units—mg/kg of cadmium\nEnglish units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cadmium\nCadmium 7.03 2.81\nNickel 19.33 13.01\nZinc 35.85 14.76\nCobalt 4.92 2.46\nOil and grease 351.5 351.5\nTSS 527.3 421.8\npH (1) (1)\n1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times.\n(2) Subpart A—Impregnated Anodes—NSPS.\nPollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average\nMetric units—mg/kg of cadmium\nEnglish units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cadmium\nCadmium 40.0 16.0\nNickel 110.0 74.0\nZinc 204.0 84.0\nCobalt 28.0 14.0\nOil and grease 2,000.0 2,000.0\nTSS 3,000.0 2,400.0\npH (1) (1)\n1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times.\n(3) Subpart A—Nickel Electrodeposited Cathodes—NSPS.\nPollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average\nMetric units—mg/kg of nickel applied\nEnglish units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of nickel applied\nCadmium 6.60 2.64\nNickel 18.15 12.21\nZinc 33.66 13.86\nCobalt 4.62 2.31\nOil and grease 330.0 330.0\nTSS 495.0 396.0\npH (1) (1)\n1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times.\n(4) Subpart A—Nickel Impregnated Cathodes—NSPS.\nPollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average\nMetric units—mg/kg of nickel applied\nEnglish units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of nickel applied\nCadmium 40.0 16.0\nNickel 110.0 74.0\nZinc 204.0 84.0\nCobalt 28.0 14.0\nOil and grease 2,000.0 2,000.0\nTSS 3,000.0 2,400.0\npH (1) (1)\n1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times.\n(5) Subpart A—Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams—NSPS.\nPollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average\nMetric units—mg/kg of cells produced\nEnglish units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cells produced\nCadmium 0.47 0.19\nNickel 1.28 0.86\nZinc 2.38 0.98\nCobalt 0.33 0.16\nOil and grease 23.3 23.3\nTSS 35.0 28.0\npH (1) (1)\n1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times.\n(6) Subpart A—Cadmium Powder Production—NSPS.\nPollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average\nMetric units—mg/kg of cadmium powder produced\nEnglish units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cadmium powder produced\nCadmium 1.31 0.53\nNickel 3.61 2.43\nZinc 6.70 2.76\nCobalt 0.92 0.46\nOil and grease 65.70 65.70\nTSS 98.55 78.84\npH (1) (1)\n1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times.\n(7) Subpart A—Silver Powder Production—NSPS.\nPollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average\nMetric units—mg/kg of silver powder produced\nEnglish units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of silver powder produced\nCadmium 0.64 0.26\nNickel 1.77 1.19\nSilver 0.93 0.39\nZinc 3.27 1.35\nCobalt 0.45 0.22\nOil and grease 32.10 32.10\nTSS 48.15 38.52\npH (1) (1)\n1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times.\n(8) Subpart A—Cadmium Hydroxide Production—NSPS.\nPollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average\nMetric units—mg/kg of cadmium used\nEnglish units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cadmium used\nCadmium 0.028 0.011\nNickel 0.077 0.051\nZinc 0.142 0.058\nCobalt 0.019 0.009\nOil and grease 1.40 1.40\nTSS 2.10 1.68\npH (1) (1)\n1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times.\n(9) Subpart A—Nickel Hydroxide Production—NSPS.\nPollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average\nMetric units—mg/kg of nickel used\nEnglish units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of nickel used\nCadmium 3.30 1.32\nNickel 9.08 6.11\nZinc 16.83 6.93\nCobalt 2.31 1.16\nOil and grease 165.0 165.0\nTSS 247.5 198.0\npH (1) (1)\n1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times.\n(b) There shall be no discharge allowance for process wastewater pollutants from any battery manufacturing operation other than those battery manufacturing operations listed above.","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER N—EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS","PART 461—BATTERY MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY","Subpart A—Cadmium 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":"0fabd06279f373d3187a5f5f7b0ef2120b3156c11123667c7a08adb2c20126f4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-461.12","next":"us/40-cfr-461.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}