40 CFR §461.34
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- (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 pretreatment standards for existing sources listed below:
- (1)Subpart C—Open Formation—Dehydrated—PSES.
- (2)Subpart C—Open Formation—Wet—PSES.
- (3)Subpart C—Plate Soak—PSES.
- (4)Subpart C—Battery Wash—(Detergent)—PSES.
- (5)Subpart C—Direct Chill Lead Casting—PSES.
- (6)Subpart C—Mold Release Formulation—PSES.
- (7)Subpart C—Truck Wash—PSES.
- (8)Subpart C—Laundry—PSES.
- (9)Subpart C—Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams—PSES.
- (b)There shall be no discharge allowance for process wastewater pollutants from any battery manufacturing operation other than those battery manufacturing operations listed above.
- (c)
- (1)In cases where battery employee shower wastewater containing concentrations of lead exceeding 0.20 mg/l is combined with process wastewaters prior to treatment, the Control Authority may, for purposes of applying the Combined Wastestream Formula under § 403.6(e) of this chapter, notwithstanding the provisions of § 403.6(e), exercise its discretion and classify battery employee shower wastewater as an unregulated rather than a dilute (FD) wastestream.
- (2)Before the Control Authority may exercise its discretion to classify such a stream as an unregulated stream, the battery manufacturer must provide engineering, production, and sampling and analysis information sufficient to allow a determination by the Control Authority on how the stream should be classified.