Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 200-299 - Environmental Protection Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Chapter NR 255 - Battery manufacturing
Subchapter II - Cadmium Subcategory
Section NR 255.13 - New source performance standards
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) The discharge of wastewater pollutants from any new source subject to this subchapter may not exceed the following standards:
Table 19
Electrodeposited Anodes
NSPS
|
POLLUTANT OR POLLUTANT PROPERTY |
MAXIMUM FOR ANY 1 DAY |
MAXIMUM FOR MONTHLY AVERAGE |
|
Metric units - |
mg/kg of cadmium |
|
|
English units - |
lb/million lbs of cadmium |
|
|
Cadmium |
7.03 |
2.81 |
|
Nickel |
19.33 |
13.01 |
|
Zinc |
35.85 |
14.76 |
|
Cobalt |
4.92 |
2.46 |
|
Oil and grease |
351.5 |
351.5 |
|
TSS |
527.3 |
421.8 |
|
pH |
(1) |
(1) |
1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.
Table 20
Impregnated Anodes or Nickel Impregnated Cathodes
NSPS
|
POLLUTANT OR POLLUTANT PROPERTY |
MAXIMUM FOR ANY 1 DAY |
MAXIMUM FOR MONTHLY AVERAGE |
|
Metric units - |
mg/kg of cadmium or nickel applied |
|
|
English units - |
lb/million lbs of cadmium or nickel applied |
|
|
Cadmium |
40.0 |
16.0 |
|
Nickel |
110.0 |
74.0 |
|
Zinc |
204.0 |
84.0 |
|
Cobalt |
28.0 |
14.0 |
|
Oil and grease |
2,000.0 |
2,000.0 |
|
TSS |
3,000.0 |
2,400.0 |
|
pH |
(1) |
(1) |
1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.
Table 21
Nickel Electrodeposited Cathodes
NSPS
|
POLLUTANT OR POLLUTANT PROPERTY |
MAXIMUM FOR ANY 1 DAY |
MAXIMUM FOR MONTHLY AVERAGE |
|
Metric units - |
mg/kg of nickel applied |
|
|
English units- |
lb/million lbs of nickel applied |
|
|
Cadmium |
6.60 |
2.64 |
|
Nickel |
18.15 |
12.21 |
|
Zinc |
33.66 |
13.86 |
|
Cobalt |
4.62 |
2.31 |
|
Oil and grease |
330.0 |
330.0 |
|
TSS |
495.0 |
396.0 |
|
pH |
(1) |
(1) |
1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.
Table 22
Miscellaneous Wastewater Streams
NSPS
|
POLLUTANT OR POLLUTANT PROPERTY |
MAXIMUM FOR ANY 1 DAY |
MAXIMUM FOR MONTHLY AVERAGE |
|
Metric units - |
mg/kg of cells produced |
|
|
English units - |
lb/million lbs of cells produced |
|
|
Cadmium |
0.47 |
0.19 |
|
Nickel |
1.28 |
0.86 |
|
Zinc |
2.38 |
0.98 |
|
Cobalt |
0.33 |
0.16 |
|
Oil and grease |
23.3 |
23.3 |
|
TSS |
35.0 |
28.0 |
|
pH |
(1) |
(1) |
1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.
Table 23
Cadmium Powder Production
NSPS
|
POLLUTANT OR POLLUTANT PROPERTY |
MAXIMUM FOR ANY 1 DAY |
MAXIMUM FOR MONTHLY AVERAGE |
|
Metric units - |
mg/kg of cadmium powder produced |
|
|
English units - |
lb/million lbs of cadmium powder produced |
|
|
Cadmium |
1.31 |
0.53 |
|
Nickel |
3.61 |
2.43 |
|
Zinc |
6.70 |
2.76 |
|
Cobalt |
0.92 |
0.46 |
|
Oil and grease |
65.70 |
65.70 |
|
TSS |
98.55 |
78.84 |
|
pH |
(1) |
(1) |
1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.
Table 24
Silver Powder Production
NSPS
|
POLLUTANT OR |
MAXIMUM FOR |
MAXIMUM FOR |
|
POLLUTANT PROPERTY |
ANY 1 DAY |
MONTHLY AVERAGE |
|
Metric units - |
mg/kg of silver powder produced |
|
|
English units - |
lb/million lbs of silver powder produced |
|
|
Cadmium |
0.64 |
0.26 |
|
Nickel |
1.77 |
1.19 |
|
Silver |
0.93 |
0.39 |
|
Zinc |
3.27 |
1.35 |
|
Cobalt |
0.45 |
0.22 |
|
Oil and grease |
32.10 |
32.10 |
|
TSS |
48.15 |
38.52 |
|
pH |
(1) |
(1) |
1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.
Table 25
Cadmium Hydroxide Production
NSPS
|
POLLUTANT OR POLLUTANT PROPERTY |
MAXIMUM FOR ANY 1 DAY |
MAXIMUM FOR MONTHLY AVERAGE |
|
Metric units - |
mg/kg of cadmium used |
|
|
English units - |
lb/million lbs of cadmium used |
|
|
Cadmium |
0.028 |
0.011 |
|
Nickel |
0.077 |
0.051 |
|
Zinc |
0.142 |
0.058 |
|
Cobalt |
0.019 |
0.009 |
|
Oil and grease |
1.40 |
1.40 |
|
TSS |
2.10 |
1.68 |
|
pH |
(1) |
(1) |
1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.
Table 26
Nickel Hydroxide Production
NSPS
|
POLLUTANT OR POLLUTANT PROPERTY |
MAXIMUM FOR ANY 1 DAY |
MAXIMUM FOR MONTHLY AVERAGE |
|
Metric units - |
mg/kg of nickel used |
|
|
English units- |
lb/million lbs of nickel used |
|
|
Cadmium |
3.30 |
1.32 |
|
Nickel |
9.08 |
6.11 |
|
Zinc |
16.83 |
6.93 |
|
Cobalt |
2.31 |
1.16 |
|
Oil and grease |
165.0 |
165.0 |
|
TSS |
247.5 |
198.0 |
|
pH |
(1) |
(1) |
1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.
(2) There may be no discharge allowance for process wastewater pollutants from any battery manufacturing operation other than those battery manufacturing operations listed in tables 19 to 26.
