{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-461.15","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 461.15","heading":"Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).","body":"(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 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 pretreatment standards for new sources listed below:\n(1) Subpart A—Electrodeposited Anodes—PSNS.\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\n(2) Subpart A—Impregnated Anodes—PSNS.\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\n(3) Subpart A—Nickel Electrodeposited Cathodes—PSNS.\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\n(4) Subpart A—Nickel Impregnated Cathodes—PSNS.\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\n(5) Subpart A—Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams—PSNS.\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\n(6) Subpart A—Cadmium Powder Production—PSNS.\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\n(7) Subpart A—Silver Powder Production—PSNS.\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\n(8) Subpart A—Cadmium Hydroxide Production—PSNS.\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\n(9) Subpart A—Nickel Hydroxide Production—PSNS.\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\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":"fb6980b5900ca5360760825173d078276e681fc147c1506aa210119b95aa17f3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-461.14","next":"us/40-cfr-461.20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}