Pretreatment standards for new sources (PSNS).

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§ 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.

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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
Chromium 23.34 9.46
Lead 17.66 8.20

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

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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
Chromium 2.79 1.13
Lead 2.11 0.98

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

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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 0.039 0.016
Lead 0.030 0.014

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


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