40 C.F.R. § 461.74
Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).
Cite as 40 C.F.R. § 461.74 (2026)
(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.7 and 403.13, any existing 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 existing sources: (1) Subpart G—Wet Amalgamated Powder Anode—PSES. 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—PSES. 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 0.12 Mercury 0.017 0.006 Silver 0.028 0.012 Zinc 0.099 0.042 Manganese 0.046 0.020 (3) Subpart G—Zinc Oxide Formed Anodes—PSES. 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—PSES. 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—PSES. 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 Maganese 20.20 8.61 (6) Subpart G—Silver Oxide Powder Formed Cathodes—PSES. 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—PSES. 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—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 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—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 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—PSES. 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—PSES. 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—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 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.
- Cross-references to the CFR
- 40:403.7