[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 40, Volume 29] [Revised as of July 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 40CFR461.13] [Page 517-519] TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) PART 461_BATTERY MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY --Table of Contents Subpart A_Cadmium Subcategory Sec. 461.13 New source performance standards (NSPS). (a) The discharge of wastewater pollutants from any new source subject to this subpart shall not exceed the standards set forth below: [[Page 518]] (1) Subpart A--Electrodeposited Anodes--NSPS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum for Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly any 1 day average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Metric units--mg/kg of cadmium English units--pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cadmium --------------------------- Cadmium..................................... 7.03 2.81 Nickel...................................... 19.33 13.01 Zinc........................................ 35.85 14.76 Cobalt...................................... 4.92 2.46 Oil and grease.............................. 351.5 351.5 TSS......................................... 527.3 421.8 pH.......................................... (\1\) (\1\) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (2) Subpart A--Impregnated Anodes--NSPS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum for Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly any 1 day average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Metric units--mg/kg of cadmium English units--pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cadmium --------------------------- Cadmium..................................... 40.0 16.0 Nickel...................................... 110.0 74.0 Zinc........................................ 204.0 84.0 Cobalt...................................... 28.0 14.0 Oil and grease.............................. 2,000.0 2,000.0 TSS......................................... 3,000.0 2,400.0 pH.......................................... (\1\) (\1\) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (3) Subpart A--Nickel Electrodeposited Cathodes--NSPS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum for Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly any 1 day average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Metric units--mg/kg of nickel applied English units--pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of nickel applied --------------------------- Cadmium..................................... 6.60 2.64 Nickel...................................... 18.15 12.21 Zinc........................................ 33.66 13.86 Cobalt...................................... 4.62 2.31 Oil and grease.............................. 330.0 330.0 TSS......................................... 495.0 396.0 pH.......................................... (\1\) (\1\) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (4) Subpart A--Nickel Impregnated Cathodes--NSPS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum for Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly any 1 day average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Metric units--mg/kg of nickel applied English units--pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of nickel applied ------------------------- Cadmium....................................... 40.0 16.0 Nickel........................................ 110.0 74.0 Zinc.......................................... 204.0 84.0 Cobalt........................................ 28.0 14.0 Oil and grease................................ 2,000.0 2,000.0 TSS........................................... 3,000.0 2,400.0 pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (5) Subpart A--Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams--NSPS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum for Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly any 1 day average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Metric units--mg/kg of cells produced English units--pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cells produced -------------------------- Cadmium...................................... 0.47 0.19 Nickel....................................... 1.28 0.86 Zinc......................................... 2.38 0.98 Cobalt....................................... 0.33 0.16 Oil and grease............................... 23.3 23.3 TSS.......................................... 35.0 28.0 pH........................................... (\1\) (\1\) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (6) Subpart A--Cadmium Powder Production--NSPS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum for Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly any 1 day average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Metric units--mg/kg of cadmium powder produced English units--pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cadmium powder produced ------------------------- Cadmium....................................... 1.31 0.53 Nickel........................................ 3.61 2.43 Zinc.......................................... 6.70 2.76 Cobalt........................................ 0.92 0.46 Oil and grease................................ 65.70 65.70 TSS........................................... 98.55 78.84 pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (7) Subpart A--Silver Powder Production--NSPS. [[Page 519]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum for Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly any 1 day average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Metric units--mg/kg of silver powder produced English units--pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of silver powder produced ------------------------- Cadmium....................................... 0.64 0.26 Nickel........................................ 1.77 1.19 Silver........................................ 0.93 0.39 Zinc.......................................... 3.27 1.35 Cobalt........................................ 0.45 0.22 Oil and grease................................ 32.10 32.10 TSS........................................... 48.15 38.52 pH............................................ (\1\) (\1\) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (8) Subpart A--Cadmium Hydroxide Production--NSPS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum for Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly any 1 day average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Metric units--mg/kg of cadmium used English units--pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cadmium used --------------------------- Cadmium..................................... 0.028 0.011 Nickel...................................... 0.077 0.051 Zinc........................................ 0.142 0.058 Cobalt...................................... 0.019 0.009 Oil and grease.............................. 1.40 1.40 TSS......................................... 2.10 1.68 pH.......................................... (\1\) (\1\) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (9) Subpart A--Nickel Hydroxide Production--NSPS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum for Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly any 1 day average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Metric units--mg/kg of nickel used English units--pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of nickel used --------------------------- Cadmium..................................... 3.30 1.32 Nickel...................................... 9.08 6.11 Zinc........................................ 16.83 6.93 Cobalt...................................... 2.31 1.16 Oil and grease.............................. 165.0 165.0 TSS......................................... 247.5 198.0 pH.......................................... (\1\) (\1\) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (b) There shall be no discharge allowance for process wastewater pollutants from any battery manufacturing operation other than those battery manufacturing operations listed above. [49 FR 9134, Mar. 9, 1984; 49 FR 13879, Apr. 9, 1984]