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Battery Manufacturing Effluent Guidelines Documents

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  • Battery Manufacturing Effluent Guidelines
  • Guidance Manual for Battery Manufacturing Pretreatment Standards (pdf) (4.2 MB, August 1987, 440/1-87/014)
    Guidance to POTWs on the application and enforcement of the categorical pretreatment standards for the Battery Manufacturing Category
  • Battery Manufacturing Effluent Guidelines - Final Rule (pdf) (434.42 KB, August 28, 1986, 51 FR 30814)
    Revised 40 CFR 461, Subpart C pursuant to litigation
  • Battery Manufacturing Effluent Guidelines - Final Rule (pdf) (5.05 MB, March 9, 1984, 49 FR 9108)
  • Development Document for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Battery Manufacturing Point Source Category - Volume I (pdf) (40.02 MB, September 1984, 440/1-84/067)
    Industry description, wastewater characterization, treatment technologies, regulatory compliance cost estimates and pollutant loadings for six subcategories of the final rule: Cadmium; Calcium; Leclanche; Lithium; Magnesium; Zinc
  • Development Document for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Battery Manufacturing Point Source Category - Volume II (pdf) (32.74 MB, September 1984, 440/1-84/067)
    Industry description, wastewater characterization, treatment technologies, regulatory compliance cost estimates and pollutant loadings for the Lead subcategory of the final rule
  • Battery Manufacturing; Nonferrous Metals Manufacturing; Nonferrous Metals Forming; Metal Molding & Casting Effluent Guidelines Categories; Notice of Data Availability (pdf) (668.97 KB, November 21, 1983, 48 FR 52604)
  • Battery Manufacturing Effluent Guidelines - Proposed Rule (pdf) (4.17 MB, November 10, 1982, 47 FR 51052)

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Last updated on November 20, 2024
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