(a) The discharge of wastewater pollutants from any new source subject to this subpart shall not exceed the standards set forth below:

(1) Subpart D—Foliar Battery Miscellaneous Wash—NSPS.

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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
Mercury 0.010 0.004
Zinc 0.067 0.030
Manganese 0.019 0.015
Oil and grease 0.66 0.66
TSS 0.99 0.79
pH (1) (1)

1Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.

(b) There shall be no discharge allowance for process wastewater pollutants from any battery manufacturing operation other than those battery manufacturing operations listed above.


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