Regulations last checked for updates: May 19, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: May 16, 2024
§ 421.136 - Pretreatment standards for new sources.

Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7, any new source subject to this subpart which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the following pretreatment standards for new sources. The mass of wastewater pollutants in secondary lead process wastewater introduced into a POTW shall not exceed the following values:

(a) Subpart M—Battery Cracking.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead scrap produced
Antimony1.299.579
Arsenic.936.384
Lead.189.087
Zinc.687.283
Ammonia (as N).000.000

(b) Subpart M—Blast, Reverberatory, or Rotary Furnace Wet Air Pollution Control.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from smelting
Antimony5.0382.245
Arsenic3.6281.488
Lead.731.339
Zinc2.6621.096
Ammonia (as N).000.000

(c) Subpart M—Kettle Wet Air Pollution Control.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from refining
Antimony.000.000
Arsenic.000.000
Lead.000.000
Zinc.000.000
Ammonia (as N).000.000

(d) Subpart M—Lead Paste Desulfurization.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead processed through desulfurization
Antimony.000.000
Arsenic.000.000
Lead.000.000
Zinc.000.000
Ammonia (as N).000.000

(e) Subpart M—Casting Contact Cooling.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead cast
Antimony.042.019
Arsenic.031.013
Lead.006.003
Zinc.022.009
Ammonia (as N).000.000

(f) Subpart M—Truck Wash.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from smelting
Antimony.041.018
Arsenic.029.012
Lead.006.003
Zinc.021.009
Ammonia (as N).000.000

(g) Subpart M—Facility Washdown.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from smelting
Antimony.000.000
Arsenic.000.000
Lead.000.000
Zinc.000.000
Ammonia (as N).000.000

(h) Subpart M—Battery Case Classification.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead scrap produced
Antimony.000.000
Arsenic.000.000
Lead.000.000
Zinc.000.000
Ammonia (as N).000.000

(i) Subpart M—Employee Handwash.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from smelting
Antimony.052.023
Arsenic.038.015
Lead.008.004
Zinc.028.011
Ammonia (as N).000.000

(j) Subpart M—Employee Respirator Wash.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from smelting
Antimony.085.038
Arsenic.061.025
Lead.012.006
Zinc.045.018
Ammonia (as N).000.000

(k) Subpart M—Laundering of Uniforms.

PSNS

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of lead produced from smelting
Antimony.247.110
Arsenic.178.073
Lead.036.017
Zinc.131.054
Ammonia (as N).000.000
authority: Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307 (b) and (c), 308 and 501 of the Clean Water Act (the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977) and the Water Quality Act of 1987 (the “Act”); 33 U.S.C. 1311,1314,c,e,and, 1316 (b) andc, 1317 (b) andc,1318; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217; 101 Stat. 7, Pub. L. 100-4
source: 49 FR 8790, Mar. 8, 1984, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 421.136