40 C.F.R. § 468.13
New source performance standards (NSPS).
Cite as 40 C.F.R. § 468.13 (2026)
The following standards of performance establish the quantity or quality of pollutants or pollutant properties, controlled by this section, which may be discharged by a new source subject to the provisions of this subpart: (a) Subpart A—Hot Rolling Spent Lubricant NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy hot rolled English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy hot rolled Chromium 0.038 0.015 Copper 0.131 0.062 Lead 0.010 0.0092 Nickel 0.056 0.038 Zinc 0.105 0.043 Oil and grease 1.030 1.030 TSS 1.545 1.236 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (b) Subpart A—Cold Rolling Spent Lubricant NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy cold rolled English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy cold rolled Chromium 0.140 0.056 Copper 0.485 0.231 Lead 0.037 0.034 Nickel 0.208 0.140 Zinc 0.386 0.159 Oil and grease 3.790 3.790 TSS 5.685 4.548 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (c) Subpart A—Drawing Spent Lubricant NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy drawn English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy drawn Chromium 0.031 0.012 Copper 0.108 0.051 Lead 0.0085 0.0076 Nickel 0.046 0.031 Zinc 0.086 0.035 Oil and grease 0.85 0.85 TSS 1.275 1.020 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (d) Subpart A—Solution Heat Treatment NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy drawn English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy heat treated Chromium 0.239 0.096 Copper 0.826 0.394 Lead 0.064 0.058 Nickel 0.355 0.239 Zinc 0.658 0.271 Oil and grease 6.460 6.460 TSS 9.690 7.752 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (e) Subpart A—Extrusion Heat Treatment NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy heat treated on an extrusion press English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy heat treated on and extrusion press Chromium 0.00074 0.00030 Copper 0.0020 0.0010 Lead 0.00020 0.00018 Nickel 0.0010 0.00074 Zinc 0.0020 0.00084 Oil and grease 0.020 0.020 TSS 0.030 0.024 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (f) Subpart A—Annealing with Water NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy annealed with water English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy annealed with water Chromium 0.458 0.186 Copper 1.587 0.756 Lead 0.124 0.111 Nickel 0.682 0.458 Zinc 1.264 0.520 Oil and grease 12.400 12.400 TSS 18.600 14.880 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (g) Subpart A—Annealing with Oil NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy annealed with oil English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy annealed with oil Chromium 0 0 Copper 0 0 Lead 0 0 Nickel 0 0 Zinc 0 0 Oil and grease 0 0 TSS 0 0 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (h) Subpart A—Alkaline Cleaning Rinse NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy alkaline cleaned English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy alkaline cleaned Chromium 1.559 0.632 Copper 5.393 2.570 Lead 0.421 0.379 Nickel 2.317 1.559 Zinc 4.298 1.769 Oil and grease 42.140 42.140 TSS 63.210 50.568 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (i) Subpart A—Alkaline Cleaning Rinse for Forged Parts NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy forged parts alkaline cleaned English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy forged parts alkaline cleaned Chromium 4.677 1.896 Copper 16.181 7.711 Lead 1.264 1.137 Nickel 6.953 4.677 Zinc 12.894 5.309 Oil and grease 126.420 126.420 TSS 189.630 151.704 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (j) Subpart A—Alkaline Cleaning Bath NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy alkaline cleaned English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy alkaline cleaned Chromium 0.017 0.0070 Copper 0.059 0.028 Lead 0.0046 0.0042 Nickel 0.025 0.017 Zinc 0.047 0.019 Oil and grease 0.46 0.46 TSS 0.70 0.56 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (k) Subpart A—Pickling Rinse NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy pickled English units—pounds per/1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy pickled Chromium 0.216 0.087 Copper 0.748 0.356 Lead 0.058 0.052 Nickel 0.321 0.216 Zinc 0.596 0.245 Oil and grease 5.850 5.850 TSS 8.775 7.020 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (l) Subpart A—Pickling Rinse for Forged Parts NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy forged parts pickled English units—pounds per/1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy forged parts pickled Chromium 0.649 0.263 Copper 2.246 1.070 Lead 0.175 0.157 Nickel 0.965 0.649 Zinc 1.790 0.737 Oil and grease 17.550 17.550 TSS 26.325 21.060 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (m) Subpart A—Pickling Bath NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy pickled English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy pickled Chromium 0.042 0.017 Copper 0.148 0.070 Lead 0.011 0.010 Nickel 0.063 0.042 Zinc 0.118 0.048 Oil and grease 1.160 1.160 TSS 1.740 1.392 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (n) Subpart A—Pickling Fume Scrubber NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy pickled. English units-pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy pickled Chromium 0.231 0.093 Copper 0.801 0.381 Lead 0.062 0.056 Nickel 0.344 0.231 Zinc 0.638 0.262 Oil and grease 6.260 6.260 TSS 9.390 7.512 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (o) Subpart A—Tumbling or Burnishing NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper tumbled or burnished English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy tumbled or burnished Chromium 0.215 0.087 Copper 0.746 0.355 Lead 0.058 0.052 Nickel 0.320 0.215 Zinc 0.594 0.244 Oil and grease 5.830 5.830 TSS 8.745 6.996 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (p) Subpart A—Surface Coating NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy surface coated English units—pounds per 1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy surface coated Chromium 0.274 0.111 Copper 0.951 0.453 Lead 0.074 0.066 Nickel 0.408 0.274 Zinc 0.757 0.312 Oil and grease 7.430 7.430 TSS 11.145 8.916 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. (q) Subpart A—Miscellaneous Waste Streams NSPS. Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average Metric units—mg/off-kg of copper or copper alloy formed English units—pounds/1,000,000 off-pounds of copper or copper alloy formed Chromium 0.008 0.003 Copper 0.027 0.013 Lead 0.0021 0.0019 Nickel 0.011 0.008 Zinc 0.022 0.009 Oil and grease 0.218 0.218 TSS 0.327 0.261 pH ( 1 ) ( 1 ) Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times. [48 FR 36957, Aug. 15, 1983; 48 FR 50718, Nov. 3, 1983]