Regulations last checked for updates: May 17, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: May 15, 2024
§ 461.55 - Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

(a) Except as provided in § 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 following pretreatment standards for new sources listed below:

(1) Subpart E—Lead Iodide Cathodes—PSNS.

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
Metric units—mg/kg of lead
English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead
Chromium23.349.46
Lead17.668.20

(2) Subpart E—Iron Disulfide Cathodes—PSNS.

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
Metric units—mg/kg of iron disulfide
English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of iron disulfide
Chromium2.791.13
Lead2.110.98

(3) Subpart E—Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams—PSNS.

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
Metric units—mg/kg of cells produced
English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cells produced
Chromium0.0390.016
Lead0.0300.014

(b) There shall be no discharge allowance for process wastewater pollutants from any battery manufacturing operation other than those battery manufacturing operations listed above.

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) (the “Act”); 33 U.S.C. 1311,1314,c,e,and, 1316 (b) andc, 1317 (b) andc,and; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217
source: 49 FR 9134, Mar. 9, 1984, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 461.55