40 C.F.R. § 461.13

New source performance standards (NSPS).

Last amended: 2016Year: 2026Length: 662 wordsSubsections: 1Official source

Cite as 40 C.F.R. § 461.13 (2026)

(a) The discharge of wastewater pollutants from any new source subject to this subpart shall not exceed the standards set forth below: (1) Subpart A—Electrodeposited Anodes—NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/kg of cadmium English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cadmium Cadmium 7.03 2.81 Nickel 19.33 13.01 Zinc 35.85 14.76 Cobalt 4.92 2.46 Oil and grease 351.5 351.5 TSS 527.3 421.8 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (2) Subpart A—Impregnated Anodes—NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/kg of cadmium English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cadmium Cadmium 40.0 16.0 Nickel 110.0 74.0 Zinc 204.0 84.0 Cobalt 28.0 14.0 Oil and grease 2,000.0 2,000.0 TSS 3,000.0 2,400.0 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (3) Subpart A—Nickel Electrodeposited Cathodes—NSPS. 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 Cadmium 6.60 2.64 Nickel 18.15 12.21 Zinc 33.66 13.86 Cobalt 4.62 2.31 Oil and grease 330.0 330.0 TSS 495.0 396.0 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (4) Subpart A—Nickel Impregnated Cathodes—NSPS. 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 Cadmium 40.0 16.0 Nickel 110.0 74.0 Zinc 204.0 84.0 Cobalt 28.0 14.0 Oil and grease 2,000.0 2,000.0 TSS 3,000.0 2,400.0 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (5) Subpart A—Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams—NSPS. 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 Cadmium 0.47 0.19 Nickel 1.28 0.86 Zinc 2.38 0.98 Cobalt 0.33 0.16 Oil and grease 23.3 23.3 TSS 35.0 28.0 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (6) Subpart A—Cadmium Powder Production—NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/kg of cadmium powder produced English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cadmium powder produced Cadmium 1.31 0.53 Nickel 3.61 2.43 Zinc 6.70 2.76 Cobalt 0.92 0.46 Oil and grease 65.70 65.70 TSS 98.55 78.84 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (7) Subpart A—Silver Powder Production—NSPS. 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 Cadmium 0.64 0.26 Nickel 1.77 1.19 Silver 0.93 0.39 Zinc 3.27 1.35 Cobalt 0.45 0.22 Oil and grease 32.10 32.10 TSS 48.15 38.52 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (8) Subpart A—Cadmium Hydroxide Production—NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/kg of cadmium used English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of cadmium used Cadmium 0.028 0.011 Nickel 0.077 0.051 Zinc 0.142 0.058 Cobalt 0.019 0.009 Oil and grease 1.40 1.40 TSS 2.10 1.68 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (9) Subpart A—Nickel Hydroxide Production—NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/kg of nickel used English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of nickel used Cadmium 3.30 1.32 Nickel 9.08 6.11 Zinc 16.83 6.93 Cobalt 2.31 1.16 Oil and grease 165.0 165.0 TSS 247.5 198.0 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5-10.0 at all times. (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]
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