NR 255.02(2)
(2) “Battery" means a modular electric power source where part or all of the fuel is contained within the unit and electric power is generated directly from a chemical reaction rather than indirectly through a heat cycle engine. In this chapter, there is no differentiation between a single cell and a battery.
NR 255.02(3)
(3) “Battery manufacturing operations" means all of the specific processes used to produce a battery including the manufacture of anodes and cathodes and associated ancillary operations. These manufacturing operations are excluded from regulation under any other point source category.
NR 255.02(4)
(4) “Discharge allowance" means the amount of pollutant that a plant will be permitted to discharge measured by mg. per kg. of production unit. For purposes of this chapter, the allowances are specific to battery manufacturing operations.
NR 255.02(5)
(5) “Existing source" means any point source, except a new source as defined in
sub. (9), from which pollutants may be discharged either into the waters of the state or into a POTW.
NR 255.02(6)
(6) “Leclanche type batteries" means zinc anode batteries with acid electrolyte.
NR 255.02(7)
(7) “Miscellaneous wastewater streams" means the combined wastewater streams from the process operations within each of 4 subcategories: cadmium, lead, lithium, and zinc. If a plant has one of these wastewater streams, then the plant receives the entire miscellaneous wastewater stream allowance. The process operations for the cadmium subcategory are cell wash, electrolyte preparation, floor and equipment wash, and employe wash. The process operations for the lead subcategory are floor wash, wet air pollution control, battery repair, laboratory, hand wash, and respirator wash. The process operations for the lithium subcategory are floor and equipment wash, cell testing, and lithium scrap disposal. The process operations for the zinc subcategory are cell wash, electrolyte preparation, employe wash, reject cell handling, and floor and equipment wash.
NR 255.02(8)
(8) “NSPS" means new source performance standards.
NR 255.02(9)
(9) “New source," as defined for NSPS and PSNS, means any point source from which pollutants may be discharged directly into the waters of the state or into a POTW, the construction of which commenced after November 10, 1982.
NR 255.02(10)
(10) “PSES" means pretreatment standards for existing sources.
NR 255.02(11)
(11) “PSNS" means pretreatment standards for new sources.
NR 255.02(12)
(12) “Plate soak" means the process operation of soaking or reacting lead subcategory battery plates, that are more than 2.5 mm. or 0.100 in. thick, in sulfuric acid.
NR 255.02(13)
(13) “Trucked batteries" means batteries moved into or out of the plant by truck when the truck is actually washed in the plant to remove residues left in the truck from the batteries.
NR 255.02 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87.
NR 255.03
NR 255.03 Monitoring and reporting requirements. Compliance with the maximum monthly average effluent limitations and pretreatment standards listed in the tables for each regulated process is required regardless of the number of samples analyzed and averaged. The maximum monthly average effluent limitations and pretreatment standards listed in the tables for each regulated process shall be the basis for monthly average discharge limits in direct discharge permits and for pretreatment standards.
NR 255.03 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87.
NR 255.04
NR 255.04 Compliance date for PSES. The compliance date for pretreatment standards for existing sources is March 9, 1987.
NR 255.04 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87.
NR 255.10
NR 255.10 Applicability; description of the cadmium subcategory. This subchapter applies to the discharge of pollutants to waters of the state and the introduction of pollutants into POTWs from manufacturing cadmium anode batteries.
NR 255.10 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87.
NR 255.11
NR 255.11 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available. NR 255.11(1)(1) Except as provided in
40 CFR 125.30 to
125.32, any existing source subject to this subchapter shall achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of BPT:
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1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.
NR 255.11(2)
(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 1 to 10.
NR 255.11 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87;
correction in (1) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register April 2013 No. 688. NR 255.12
NR 255.12 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable. NR 255.12(2)
(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 11 to 18.
NR 255.12 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87;
correction in (1) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register April 2013 No. 688. NR 255.13
NR 255.13 New source performance standards. NR 255.13(1)(1) The discharge of wastewater pollutants from any new source subject to this subchapter may not exceed the following standards:
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1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.
NR 255.13(2)
(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.
NR 255.13 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87.
NR 255.14
NR 255.14 Pretreatment standards for existing sources. NR 255.14(2)
(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 27 to 34.
NR 255.14 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87;
correction in (1) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register April 2013 No. 688.
NR 255.15
NR 255.15 Pretreatment standards for new sources. NR 255.15(2)
(2) There may be no discharge allowance for process waste-water pollutants from any battery manufacturing operation other than those battery manufacturing operations listed in tables 35 to 42.
NR 255.15 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87.
NR 255.20
NR 255.20 Applicability; description of the calcium subcategory. This subchapter applies to the discharge of pollutants to waters of the state and the introduction of pollutants into POTWs from manufacturing calcium anode batteries.
NR 255.20 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87.
NR 255.23
NR 255.23 New source performance standards. There may be no discharge allowance for process wastewater pollutants from any battery manufacturing new source subject to this subchapter.
NR 255.23 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87.
NR 255.25
NR 255.25 Pretreatment standards for new sources. There may be no discharge allowance for process wastewater pollutants into a POTW from any battery manufacturing new source subject to this subchapter.
NR 255.25 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87.
NR 255.30
NR 255.30 Applicability; description of the lead subcategory. This subchapter applies to the discharge of pollutants to waters of the state and the introduction of pollutants into POTWs from manufacturing lead anode batteries.
NR 255.30 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87.
NR 255.31
NR 255.31 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best practicable control technology currently available. NR 255.31(1)(1) Except as provided in
40 CFR 125.30 to
125.32, any existing source subject to this subchapter shall achieve the following effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of BPT:
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1 Within the range of 7.5 to 10.0 at all times.
NR 255.31(2)
(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 43 to 53.
NR 255.31 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87;
correction in (1) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register April 2013 No. 688.
NR 255.32
NR 255.32 Effluent limitations representing the degree of effluent reduction attainable by the application of the best available technology economically achievable. NR 255.32(2)
(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 54 to 62.
NR 255.32 History
History: Cr.
Register, November, 1987, No. 383, eff. 12-1-87;
correction in (1) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register April 2013 No. 688.
NR 255.33
NR 255.33 New source performance standards. NR 255.33(1)(1) The discharge of wastewater pollutants from any new source subject to this subchapter may not exceed the following standards:
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