[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: 40CFR461.33]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 461_BATTERY MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart C_Lead Subcategory
 
Sec. 461.33  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:
    (1) Subpart C--Open Formation--Dehydrated--NSPS.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly
                                                 any 1 day     average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 Metric units--mg/kg of
                                                        lead used

                                                  English units--pounds
                                                 per 1,000,000 pounds of
                                                        lead used
                                               -------------------------
Copper........................................         2.15         1.02
Lead..........................................         0.47         0.21
Iron..........................................         2.01         1.02
Oil and grease................................        16.80        16.80
TSS...........................................        25.20        20.16
pH............................................        (\1\)        (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the limits of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

    (2) Subpart C--Open Formation--Wet--NSPS.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Metric units--mg/kg of
                                                       lead used

                                               English units--pounds per
                                               1,000,000 pounds of lead
                                                         used
                                             ---------------------------
Copper......................................         0.067         0.032
Lead........................................         0.014         0.006
Iron........................................         0.063         0.032
Oil and grease..............................         0.53          0.53
TSS.........................................         0.80          0.64
pH..........................................     (\1\)         (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the limits of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

    (3) Subpart C--Plate Soak--NSPS.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Metric units--mg/kg of
                                                       lead used

                                               English units--pounds per
                                               1,000,000 pounds of lead
                                                         used
                                             ---------------------------
Copper......................................         0.026         0.012
Lead........................................         0.005         0.002
Iron........................................         0.025         0.012
Oil and grease..............................         0.21          0.21
TSS.........................................         0.32          0.25
pH..........................................     (\1\)         (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the limits of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

    (4) Subpart C--Battery Wash (Detergent)--NSPS.

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------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant Property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 Day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Metric units--mg/kg of
                                                       lead used

                                               English units--pounds per
                                               1,000,000 pounds of lead
                                                         used

Copper......................................         1.152         0.549
Lead........................................         0.252         0.117
Iron........................................         1.08          0.55
Oil and grease..............................         9.0           9.0
TSS.........................................        13.5          10.8
pH..........................................     (\1\)         (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the limits of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

    (5) Subpart C--Direct Chill Lead Casting--NSPS.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Metric units--mg/kg of
                                                       lead used

                                               English units--pounds per
                                               1,000,000 pounds of lead
                                                         used
                                             ---------------------------
Copper......................................      0.000256      0.000122
Lead........................................      0.000056      0.000026
Iron........................................      0.000240      0.000122
Oil and grease..............................      0.0020        0.0020
TSS.........................................      0.0030        0.0024
pH..........................................  (\1\)         (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the limits of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

    (6) Subpart C--Mold Release Formulation--NSPS.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Metric units--mg/kg of
                                                       lead used

                                               English units--pounds per
                                               1,000,000 pounds of lead
                                                         used
                                             ---------------------------
Copper......................................        0.0077        0.0037
Lead........................................        0.0017        0.0008
Iron........................................        0.0072        0.0037
Oil and grease..............................        0.060         0.060
TSS.........................................        0.090         0.072
pH..........................................    (\1\)         (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the limits of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

    (7) Subpart C--Truck Wash--NSPS.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Metric units--mg/kg of
                                               lead in trucked batteries

                                               English units--pounds per
                                               1,000,000 pounds of lead
                                                 in trucked batteries
                                             ---------------------------
Copper......................................         0.006        0.003
Lead........................................         0.001        0.0007
Iron........................................         0.006        0.003
Oil and grease..............................         0.050        0.050
TSS.........................................         0.075        0.060
pH..........................................     (\1\)        (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the limits of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

    (8) Subpart C--Laundry--NSPS.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
        Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for    monthly
                                                 any 1 day     average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 Metric units--mg/kg of
                                                        lead used

                                                  English units--pounds
                                                 per 1,000,000 pounds of
                                                        lead used
                                               -------------------------
Copper........................................         0.14         0.07
Lead..........................................         0.03         0.01
Iron..........................................         0.13         0.07
Oil and grease................................         1.09         1.09
TSS...........................................         1.64         1.31
pH............................................        (\1\)        (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the limits of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

    (9) Subpart C--Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams--NSPS.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Maximum for
       Pollutant or pollutant property         Maximum for     monthly
                                                any 1 day      average
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Metric units--mg/kg of
                                                       lead used

                                               English units--pounds per
                                               1,000,000 pounds of lead
                                                         used
                                             ---------------------------
Copper......................................         0.39         0.19
Lead........................................         0.085        0.039
Iron........................................         0.37         0.19
Oil and grease..............................         3.07         3.07
TSS.........................................         4.61         3.69
pH..........................................     (\1\)        (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the limits of 7.5 to 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, as amended at 51 FR 30816, Aug. 28, 1986]

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