(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available:
(1) Subpart C—Closed Formation—Double Fill, or Fill and Dump.
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
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| Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
|
| English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
|
Copper | 0.86 | 0.45
|
Lead | 0.19 | 0.090
|
Iron | 0.54 | 0.27
|
Oil and grease | 9.00 | 5.40
|
TSS | 18.45 | 8.78
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(2) Subpart C—Open Formation—Dehydrated.
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
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| Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
|
| English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
|
Copper | 20.99 | 11.05
|
Lead | 4.64 | 2.21
|
Iron | 16.13 | 6.74
|
Oil and grease | 221.00 | 132.60
|
TSS | 453.05 | 215.47
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(3) Subpart C—Open Formation—Wet.
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
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| Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
|
| English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
|
Copper | 0.10 | 0.05
|
Lead | 0.02 | 0.01
|
Iron | 0.06 | 0.03
|
Oil and grease | 1.06 | 0.64
|
TSS | 2.17 | 1.03
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(4) Subpart C—Plate Soak.
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
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| Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
|
| English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
|
Copper | 0.040 | 0.020
|
Lead | 0.009 | 0.004
|
Iron | 0.030 | 0.010
|
Oil and grease | 0.420 | 0.250
|
TSS | 0.860 | 0.410
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(5) Subpart C—Battery Wash (with Detergent).
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
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| Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
|
| English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
|
Copper | 1.71 | 0.90
|
Lead | 0.38 | 0.18
|
Iron | 1.08 | 0.55
|
Oil and grease | 18.00 | 10.80
|
TSS | 36.90 | 17.55
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(6) Subpart C—Battery Wash (Water Only).
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
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| Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
|
| English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
|
Copper | 1.12 | 0.59
|
Lead | 0.25 | 0.12
|
Iron | 0.71 | 0.36
|
Oil and grease | 11.80 | 7.08
|
TSS | 24.19 | 11.51
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(7) Subpart C—Direct Chill Lead Casting.
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
---|
| Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
|
| English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
|
Copper | 0.00040 | 0.00020
|
Lead | 0.00008 | 0.00004
|
Iron | 0.00020 | 0.00010
|
Oil and grease | 0.00400 | 0.00200
|
TSS | 0.00800 | 0.00300
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(8) Subpart C—Mold Release Formulation.
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
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| Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
|
| English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
|
Copper | 0.011 | 0.006
|
Lead | 0.002 | 0.001
|
Iron | 0.007 | 0.004
|
Oil and grease | 0.120 | 0.072
|
TSS | 0.246 | 0.117
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(9) Subpart C—Truck Wash.
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
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| Metric units—mg/kg of lead in trucked batteries
|
| English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead in trucked batteries
|
Copper | 0.026 | 0.014
|
Lead | 0.005 | 0.002
|
Iron | 0.016 | 0.008
|
Oil and grease | 0.280 | 0.168
|
TSS | 0.574 | 0.273
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(10) Subpart C—Laundry.
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
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| Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
|
| English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
|
Copper | 0.21 | 0.11
|
Lead | 0.05 | 0.02
|
Iron | 0.13 | 0.07
|
Oil and grease | 2.18 | 1.31
|
TSS | 4.47 | 2.13
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(11) Subpart C—Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams.
Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
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| Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
|
| English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
|
Copper | 0.81 | 0.43
|
Lead | 0.18 | 0.09
|
Iron | 0.51 | 0.26
|
Oil and grease | 8.54 | 5.12
|
TSS | 17.51 | 8.33
|
pH | (
1) | (
1)
|
(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]
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) and
c, 1317 (b) and
c,
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 461.31