[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: 40CFR461.43]

[Page 530-531]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 461_BATTERY MANUFACTURING POINT SOURCE CATEGORY
--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart D_Leclanche Subcategory
 
Sec. 461.43  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 D--Foliar Battery Miscellaneous Wash--NSPS.

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------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             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
                                             ---------------------------
Mercury.....................................         0.010         0.004
Zinc........................................         0.067         0.030
Manganese...................................         0.019         0.015
Oil and grease..............................         0.66          0.66
TSS.........................................         0.99          0.79
pH..........................................     (\1\)         (\1\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Within the range 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.