40 CFR 421.204 - Standards of performance for new sources.

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§ 421.204 - Standards of performance for new sources.

Any new source subject to this subpart shall achieve the following new source performance standards:

(a) Spent battery electrolyte.

NSPS for the Secondary Mercury Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of mercury produced from batteries		Lead	0.030	0.014	Mercury	0.016	0.006	Total suspended solids	1.590	1.272	pH	( 1)	( 1)

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

(b) Acid wash and rinse water.

NSPS for the Secondary Mercury Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of mercury washed and rinsed		Lead	0.00056	0.00026	Mercury	0.00030	0.00012	Total suspended solids	0.03000	0.02400	pH	( 1)	( 1)

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

NSPS for the Secondary Mercury Subcategory

Pollutant or pollutant property	Maximum for any 1 day	Maximum for monthly average		mg/kg (pounds per million pounds) of mercury processed through furnace		Lead	0.000	0.000	Mercury	0.000	0.000	Total suspended solids	0.000	0.000	pH	( 1)	( 1)

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

AUTHORITY: Secs. 301, 304 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 306 (b) and (c), 307 (b) and (c), 308 and 501 of the Clean Water Act (the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977) and the Water Quality Act of 1987 (the “Act”); 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317 (b) and (c), 1318 and 1361; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217; 101 Stat. 7, Pub. L. 100-4.

SOURCE: 49 FR 8790, Mar. 8, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 40 CFR 421.204