40 CFR 461.32 - Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable (BAT).

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§ 461.32 - Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable (BAT).

(a) Except as provided in 40 CFR 125.30 through 125.32, any existing point source subject to this subpart must achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable:

(1) Subpart C—Open Formation—Dehydrated.

BAT Effluent Limitations

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	Iron	2.02	1.02

(2) Subpart C—Open Formation—Wet.

BAT Effluent Limitations

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	Iron	0.06	0.03

(3) Subpart C—Plate Soak.

BAT Effluent Limitations

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	Iron	0.030	0.010

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

BAT Effluent Limitations

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	Iron	1.08	0.55

(5) Subpart C—Direct Chill Lead Casting.

BAT Effluent Limitations

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	Iron	0.0002	0.0001

(6) Subpart C—Mold Release Formulation.

BAT Effluent Limitations

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	Iron	0.007	0.003

(7) Subpart C—Truck Wash.

BAT Effluent Limitations

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	Iron	0.016	0.008

(8) Subpart C—Laundry.

BAT Effluent Limitations

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	Iron	0.13	0.07

(9) Subpart C—Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams.

BAT Effluent Limitations

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	Iron	0.37	0.19

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

[49 FR 9134, Mar. 9, 1984; 49 FR 13879, Apr. 9, 1984, as amended at 51 FR 30816, Aug. 28, 1986]

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) (the “Act”); 33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314 (b), (c), (e), and (g), 1316 (b) and (c), 1317 (b) and (c), and 1361; 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 92-500; 91 Stat. 1567, Pub. L. 95-217.

SOURCE: 49 FR 9134, Mar. 9, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 40 CFR 461.32