(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 available technology economically achievable:
(1) Subpart G—Wet Amalgamated Powder Anodes.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| | Metric units—mg/kg of Zinc
|
| | English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of Zinc
|
| Chromium | 0.24 | 0.099
|
| Mercury | 0.14 | 0.055
|
| Silver | 0.23 | 0.093
|
| Zinc | 0.80 | 0.34
|
| Manganese | 0.37 | 0.16 |
(2) Subpart G—Gelled Amalgam Anodes.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| | Metric units—mg/kg of Zinc
|
| | English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of Zinc
|
| Chromium | 0.030 | 0.012
|
| Mercury | 0.017 | 0.007
|
| Silver | 0.028 | 0.012
|
| Zinc | 0.099 | 0.042
|
| Manganese | 0.046 | 0.020 |
(3) Subpart G—Zinc Oxide Formed Anodes.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| | Metric units—mg/kg of Zinc
|
| | English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of Zinc
|
| Chromium | 9.53 | 3.90
|
| Mercury | 5.42 | 2.17
|
| Silver | 8.89 | 3.68
|
| Zinc | 31.64 | 13.22
|
| Manganese | 14.74 | 6.28 |
(4) Subpart G—Electrodeposited Anodes.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| | Metric units—mg/kg of zinc deposited
|
| | English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of zinc deposited
|
| Chromium | 94.47 | 38.65
|
| Mercury | 53.68 | 21.47
|
| Silver | 88.03 | 36.50
|
| Zinc | 313.46 | 130.97
|
| Manganese | 146.00 | 62.26 |
(5) Subpart G—Silver Powder Formed Cathodes.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| | Metric units—mg/kg of silver applied
|
| | English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of silver applied
|
| Chromium | 13.07 | 5.35
|
| Mercury | 7.43 | 2.97
|
| Silver | 12.18 | 5.05
|
| Zinc | 43.36 | 18.12
|
| Manganese | 20.20 | 8.61 |
(6) Subpart G—Silver Oxide Powder Formed Cathodes.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| | Metric units—mg/kg of silver applied
|
| | English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of silver applied
|
| Chromium | 8.73 | 3.57
|
| Mercury | 4.96 | 1.99
|
| Silver | 8.14 | 3.37
|
| Zinc | 28.98 | 12.11
|
| Manganese | 13.50 | 5.76 |
(7) Subpart G—Silver Peroxide Cathodes.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| | Metric units—mg/kg of silver applied
|
| | English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of silver applied
|
| Chromium | 2.09 | 0.87
|
| Mercury | 1.19 | 0.48
|
| Silver | 1.95 | 0.81
|
| Zinc | 6.95 | 2.90
|
| Manganese | 3.24 | 1.38 |
(8) Subpart G—Nickel Impregnated Cathodes.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| | Metric units—mg/kg of nickel applied
|
| | English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of nickel applied
|
| Chromium | 88.0 | 36.0
|
| Mercury | 50.0 | 20.0
|
| Nickel | 384.0 | 254.0
|
| Silver | 82.0 | 34.0
|
| Zinc | 292.0 | 122.0
|
| Manganese | 136.0 | 58.0 |
(9) Subpart G—Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams.
| 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
|
| Chromium | 0.57 | 0.23
|
| Cyanide | 0.38 | 0.16
|
| Mercury | 0.32 | 0.13
|
| Nickel | 2.48 | 1.64
|
| Silver | 0.53 | 0.22
|
| Zinc | 1.88 | 0.79
|
| Manganese | 0.88 | 0.37 |
(10) Subpart G—Silver Etch.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| | Metric units—mg/kg of silver processed
|
| | English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of silver processed
|
| Chromium | 3.27 | 1.34
|
| Mercury | 1.86 | 0.74
|
| Silver | 3.05 | 1.26
|
| Zinc | 10.86 | 4.54
|
| Manganese | 5.06 | 2.16 |
(11) Subpart G—Silver Peroxide Production.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| | Metric units—mg/kg of silver peroxide produced
|
| | English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of silver peroxide produced
|
| Chromium | 3.48 | 1.42
|
| Mercury | 1.98 | 0.79
|
| Silver | 3.24 | 1.34
|
| Zinc | 11.55 | 4.83
|
| Manganese | 5.38 | 2.29 |
(12) Subpart G—Silver Powder Production.
| Pollutant or pollutant property
| Maximum for any 1 day
| Maximum for monthly average
|
|---|
| | Metric units—mg/kg of silver powder produced
|
| | English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of silver powder produced
|
| Chromium | 1.41 | 0.58
|
| Mercury | 0.80 | 0.32
|
| Silver | 1.32 | 0.55
|
| Zinc | 4.69 | 1.96
|
| Manganese | 2.18 | 0.93 |
(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 461.72