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CFR /  Title 40  /  Part 461  /  Sec. 461.34 Pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES).

(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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

Metric units--mg/kg of

lead used

English units--pounds

per 1,000,000 pounds of

lead used

-------------------------Copper........................................ 3.19 1.68Lead.......................................... 0.71 0.34------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

Metric units--mg/kg of

lead used

English units--pounds

per 1,000,000 pounds of

lead used

-------------------------Copper........................................ 0.100 0.053Lead.......................................... 0.022 0.010------------------------------------------------------------------------

(3) Subpart C--Plate Soak--PSES. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

Metric units--mg/kg of

lead used

English units--pounds

per 1,000,000 pounds of

lead used

-------------------------Copper........................................ 0.039 0.021Lead.......................................... 0.008 0.004------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant Property Maximum for monthly

any 1 Day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

Metric units--mg/kg of

lead used

English units--pounds

per 1,000,000 pounds of

lead used

-------------------------

Copper........................................ 1.71 0.90Lead.......................................... 0.38 0.18------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

Metric units--mg/kg of

lead used

English units--pounds per

1,000,000 pounds of lead

used

---------------------------Copper...................................... 0.0004 0.0002Lead........................................ 0.00008 0.00004------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

Metric units--mg/kg of

lead used

English units--pounds

per 1,000,000 pounds of

lead used

-------------------------Copper........................................ 0.011 0.006Lead.......................................... 0.002 0.001------------------------------------------------------------------------

(7) Subpart C--Truck Wash--PSES. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day 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 0.014Lead.......................................... 0.005 0.002------------------------------------------------------------------------

(8) Subpart C--Laundry--PSES. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

Metric units--mg/kg of

lead used

English units--pounds

per 1,000,000 pounds of

lead used

-------------------------Copper........................................ 0.21 0.11Lead.......................................... 0.05 0.02------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Maximum for

Pollutant or pollutant property Maximum for monthly

any 1 day average------------------------------------------------------------------------

Metric units--mg/kg of

lead used

English units--pounds

per 1,000,000 pounds of

lead used

-------------------------Copper........................................ 0.58 0.31Lead.......................................... 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 Sec. 403.6(e) of this chapter, notwithstanding the provisions of Sec. 403.6(e), exercise its discretion and classify battery employee shower wastewater as an unregulated rather than a dilute (FD) wastestream.

(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 Sec. 403.6(e) of this chapter, notwithstanding the provisions of Sec. 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]