(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.

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
   Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
   English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
Copper 3.19 1.68
Lead 0.71 0.34

(2) Subpart C—Open Formation—Wet—PSES.

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
   Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
   English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
Copper 0.100 0.053
Lead 0.022 0.010

(3) Subpart C—Plate Soak—PSES.

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
   Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
   English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
Copper 0.039 0.021
Lead 0.008 0.004

(4) Subpart C—Battery Wash—(Detergent)—PSES.

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant Property Maximum for any 1 Day Maximum for monthly average
   Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
   English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
Copper 1.71 0.90
Lead 0.38 0.18

(5) Subpart C—Direct Chill Lead Casting—PSES.

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
   Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
   English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
Copper 0.0004 0.0002
Lead 0.00008 0.00004

(6) Subpart C—Mold Release Formulation—PSES.

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
   Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
   English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
Copper 0.011 0.006
Lead 0.002 0.001

(7) Subpart C—Truck Wash—PSES.

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
   Metric units—mg/kg of lead in trucked batteries
   English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead in trucked batteries
Copper 0.026 0.014
Lead 0.005 0.002

(8) Subpart C—Laundry—PSES.

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
   Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
   English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
Copper 0.21 0.11
Lead 0.05 0.02

(9) Subpart C—Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams—PSES.

Open Table
Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for any 1 day Maximum for monthly average
   Metric units—mg/kg of lead used
   English units—pounds per 1,000,000 pounds of lead used
Copper 0.58 0.31
Lead 0.13 0.06

(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.

[49 FR 9134, Mar. 9, 1984, as amended at 51 FR 30816, Aug. 28, 1986]


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