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.

Open Table
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)

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

(b) Subpart A—Cold Rolling Spent Lubricant NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(c) Subpart A—Drawing Spent Lubricant NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(d) Subpart A—Solution Heat Treatment NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(e) Subpart A—Extrusion Heat Treatment NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(f) Subpart A—Annealing with Water NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(g) Subpart A—Annealing with Oil NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(h) Subpart A—Alkaline Cleaning Rinse NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(i) Subpart A—Alkaline Cleaning Rinse for Forged Parts NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(j) Subpart A—Alkaline Cleaning Bath NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(k) Subpart A—Pickling Rinse NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(l) Subpart A—Pickling Rinse for Forged Parts NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(m) Subpart A—Pickling Bath NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(n) Subpart A—Pickling Fume Scrubber NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(o) Subpart A—Tumbling or Burnishing NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(p) Subpart A—Surface Coating NSPS.

Open Table
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)

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

(q) Subpart A—Miscellaneous Waste Streams NSPS.

Open Table
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]


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