40 C.F.R. § 461.14
Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).
Cite as 40 C.F.R. § 461.14 (2026)
(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing source subject to this subpart which introduces pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works must comply with 40 CFR part 403 and achieve the pretreatment standards for existing sources listed below: (1) Subpart A—Electrodeposited Anodes. PSES 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 11.95 5.27 Nickel 67.49 44.64 Zinc 51.32 21.44 Cobalt 7.38 3.16 (2) Subpart A—Impregnated Anodes. PSES 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 68.0 30.0 Nickel 384.0 254.0 Zinc 292.0 122.0 Cobalt 42.0 18.0 (3) Subpart A—Nickel Electrodeposited Cathodes. PSES 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 11.22 4.95 Nickel 63.36 41.91 Zinc 48.18 20.13 Cobalt 6.93 2.97 (4) Subpart A—Nickel Impregnated Cathodes—PSES. 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 68.0 30.0 Nickel 384.0 254.0 Zinc 292.0 122.0 Cobalt 42.0 18.0 (5) Subpart A—Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams—PSES. 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 0.79 0.35 Nickel 4.47 2.96 Zinc 3.40 1.42 Cobalt 0.49 0.21 (6) Subpart A—Cadmium Powder Production—PSES. 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 2.23 0.99 Nickel 12.61 8.34 Zinc 9.59 4.01 Cobalt 1.38 0.59 (7) Subpart A—Silver Powder Production—PSES. 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 1.09 0.48 Nickel 6.16 4.08 Silver 1.32 0.55 Zinc 4.69 1.96 Cobalt 0.67 0.29 (8) Subpart A—Cadmium Hydroxide Production—PSES. 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 0.05 0.02 Nickel 0.27 0.18 Zinc 0.20 0.09 Cobalt 0.03 0.012 (9) Subpart A—Nickel Hydroxide Production—PSES. 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 5.61 2.48 Nickel 31.68 20.96 Zinc 24.09 10.07 Cobalt 3.47 1.49 (b) There shall be no discharge allowance for process wastewater pollutants from any battery manufacturing operation other than those battery manufacturing operations listed above.
- Cross-references to the CFR
- 40:403.7