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40 CFR �2.2 Definitions.
Applicable standards and limitations means all State, interstate, and federal standards and limitations to which a "discharge,'' a "sewage sludge use or disposal practice,'' or a related activity is subject under the CWA, including "effluent limitations,'' water quality standards, standards of performance, toxic effluent standards or prohibitions, "best management practices,'' pretreatment standards, and "standards for sewage sludge use or disposal'' under Sections 301, 302, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308, 403 and 405 of CWA.
Application means the EPA standard national forms for applying for a permit, including any additions, revisions or modifications to the forms; or forms approved by EPA for use in "approved States,'' including any approved modifications or revisions.
Average monthly discharge limitation means the highest allowable average of "daily discharges'' over a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all "daily discharges'' measured during a calendar month divided by the number of "daily discharges'' measured during that month.
Average weekly discharge limitation means the highest allowable average of "daily discharges'' over a calendar week, calculated as the sum of all "daily discharges'' measured during a calendar week divided by the number of "daily discharges'' measured during that week.
Best management practices ("BMPs'') means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of "waters of the United States.'' BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material storage.
BMPs means "best management practices.''
Class I sludge management facility means any POTW identified under 40 CFR �3.8(a) as being required to have an approved pretreatment program (including such POTWs located in a State that has elected to assume local program responsibilities pursuant to 40 CFR 403.10(e)) and any other treatment works treating domestic sewage classified as a Class I sludge management facility by the Regional Administrator, or, in the case of approved State programs, the Regional Administrator in conjunction with the State Director, because of the potential for its sludge use or disposal practices to adversely affect public health and the environment.
Continuous discharge means a "discharge'' which occurs without interruption throughout the operating hours of the facility, except for infrequent shutdowns for maintenance, process changes, or other similar activities.
CWA means the Clean Water Act (formerly referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972) Public Law 92-500, as amended by Public Law 95-217, Public Law 95-576, Public Law 96-483 and Public Law 97-117, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
CWA and regulations means the Clean Water Act (CWA) and applicable promulgated thereunder. In the case of an approved State program, it includes State program requirements.
Daily discharge means the "discharge of a pollutant'' measured during a calendar day or any 24-hour period that reasonably represents the calendar day for purposes of sampling. For pollutants with limitations expressed in units of mass, the "daily discharge'' is calculated as the total mass of the pollutant discharged over the day. For pollutants with limitations expressed in other units of measurement, the "daily discharge'' is calculated as the average measurement of the pollutant over the day.
Direct discharge means the "discharge of a pollutant.''
Director means the Regional Administrator or the State Director, as the context requires, or an authorized representative. When there is no "approved State program,'' and there is an EPA administered program, "Director'' means the Regional Administrator. When there is an approved State program, "Director'' normally means the State Director. In some circumstances, however, EPA retains the authority to take certain actions even when there is an approved State program. (For example, when EPA has issued an NPDES permit prior to the approval of a State program, EPA may retain jurisdiction over that permit after program approval, see �3.1.) In such cases, the term "Director'' means the Regional Administrator and not the State Director.
Discharge when used without qualification means the "discharge of a pollutant.''
(a) Any addition of any "pollutant'' or combination of pollutants to "waters of the United States'' from any "point source,'' or
(b) Any addition of any pollutant or combination of pollutants to the waters of the "contiguous zone'' or the ocean from any point source other than a vessel or other floating craft which is being used as a means of transportation.
This definition includes additions of pollutants into waters of the United States from: surface runoff which is collected or channelled by man; discharges through pipes, sewers, or other conveyances owned by a State, municipality, or other person which do not lead to a treatment works; and discharges through pipes, sewers, or other conveyances, leading into privately owned treatment works. This term does not include an addition of pollutants by any "indirect discharger.''
Discharge Monitoring Report ("DMR'') means the EPA uniform national form, including any subsequent additions, revisions, or modifications for the reporting of self-monitoring results by permittees. DMRs must be used by "approved States'' as well as by EPA. EPA will supply DMRs to any approved State upon request. The EPA national forms may be modified to substitute the State Agency name, address, logo, and other similar information, as appropriate, in place of EPA's.
DMR means "Discharge Monitoring Report.''
Draft permit means a document prepared under �4.6 indicating the Director's tentative decision to issue or deny, modify, revoke and reissue, terminate, or reissue a "permit.'' A notice of intent to terminate a permit, and a notice of intent to deny a permit, as discussed in �4.5, are types of "draft permits.'' A denial of a request for modification, revocation and reissuance, or termination, as discussed in �4.5, is not a "draft permit.'' A "proposed permit'' is not a "draft permit.''
Effluent limitation means any restriction imposed by the Director on quantities, discharge rates, and concentrations of "pollutants'' which are "discharged'' from "point sources'' into "waters of the United States,'' the waters of the "contiguous zone,'' or the ocean.
Effluent limitations guidelines means a regulation published by the Administrator under section 304(b) of CWA to adopt or revise "effluent limitations.''
Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA'') means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
EPA means the United States "Environmental Protection Agency.''
Facility or activity means any NPDES "point source'' or any other facility or activity (including land or appurtenances thereto) that is subject to regulation under the NPDES program.
General permit means an NPDES "permit'' issued under �2.28 authorizing a category of discharges under the CWA within a geographical area.
Indirect discharger means a nondomestic discharger introducing "pollutants'' to a "publicly owned treatment works.''
Major facility means any NPDES "facility or activity'' classified as such by the Regional Administrator, or, in the case of "approved State programs,'' the Regional Administrator in conjunction with the State Director.
Maximum daily discharge limitation means the highest allowable "daily discharge.''
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) means the national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing permits, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements, under sections 307, 402, 318, and 405 of CWA. The term includes an "approved program.''
(a) From which there is or may be a "discharge of pollutants;''
(b) That did not commence the "discharge of pollutants'' at a particular "site'' prior to August 13, 1979;
(c) Which is not a "new source;'' and
(d) Which has never received a finally effective NDPES permit for discharges at that "site.''
This definition includes an "indirect discharger'' which commences discharging into "waters of the United States'' after August 13, 1979. It also includes any existing mobile point source (other than an offshore or coastal oil and gas exploratory drilling rig or a coastal oil and gas developmental drilling rig) such as a seafood processing rig, seafood processing vessel, or aggregate plant, that begins discharging at a "site'' for which it does not have a permit; and any offshore or coastal mobile oil and gas exploratory drilling rig or coastal mobile oil and gas developmental drilling rig that commences the discharge of pollutants after August 13, 1979, at a "site'' under EPA's permitting jurisdiction for which it is not covered by an individual or general permit and which is located in an area determined by the Regional Administrator in the issuance of a final permit to be an area or biological concern. In determining whether an area is an area of biological concern, the Regional Administrator shall consider the factors specified in 40 CFR �5.122(a) (1) through (10).
An offshore or coastal mobile exploratory drilling rig or coastal mobile developmental drilling rig will be considered a "new discharger'' only for the duration of its discharge in an area of biological concern.
New source means any building, structure, facility, or installation from which there is or may be a "discharge of pollutants,'' the construction of which commenced:
NPDES means "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.''
Owner or operator means the owner or operator of any "facility or activity'' subject to regulation under the NPDES program.
Permit means an authorization, license, or equivalent control document issued by EPA or an "approved State'' to implement the requirements of this Part and Parts 123 and 124. "Permit'' includes an NPDES "general permit'' (�2.28). Permit does not include any permit which has not yet been the subject of final agency action, such as a "draft permit'' or a "proposed permit.''
Person means an individual, association, partnership, corporation, State or Federal agency, or an agent or employee thereof.
Point source means any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, landfill leachate collection system, vessel or other floating craft from which pollutants are or may be discharged. This term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture or agricultural storm water runoff. (See �2.3).
POTW means "publicly owned treatment works.''
Privately owned treatment works means any device or system which is (a) used to treat wastes from any facility whose operator is not the operator of the treatment works and (b) not a "POTW.''
Proposed permit means a State NPDES "permit'' prepared after the close of the public comment period (and, when applicable, any public hearing and administrative appeals) which is sent to EPA for review before final issuance by the State. A "proposed permit'' is not a "draft permit.''
Publicly owned treatment works ("POTW'') means any device or system used in the treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature which is owned by a "State'' or "municipality.'' This definition includes sewers, pipes, or other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW providing treatment.
Schedule of compliance means a schedule of remedial measures included in a "permit'', including an enforceable sequence of interim requirements (for example, actions, operations, or milestone events) leading to compliance with the CWA and regulations.
Secondary industry category means any industry category which is not a "primary industry category.''
Sewage from vessels means human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain body wastes that are discharged from vessels and regulated under section 312 of CWA, except that with respect to commercial vessels on the Great Lakes this term includes graywater. For the purposes of this definition, "graywater'' means galley, bath, and shower water.
Sewage Sludge means any solid, semi-solid, or liquid residue removed during the treatment of municipal waste water or domestic sewage. Sewage sludge includes, but is not limited to, solids removed during primary, secondary, or advanced waste water treatment, scum, septage, portable toilet pumpings, type III marine sanitation device pumpings (33 CFR Part 159), and sewage sludge products. Sewage sludge does not include grit or screenings, or ash generated during the incineration of sewage sludge.
Site means the land or water area where any "facility or activity'' is physically located or conducted, including adjacent land used in connection with the facility or activity.
Sludge-only facility means any "treatment works treating domestic sewage'' whose methods of sewage sludge use or disposal are subject to regulations promulgated pursuant to section 405(d) of the CWA, and is required to obtain a permit under �2.1(b)(3) of this part.
Standards for sewage sludge use or disposal means the regulations promulgated pursuant to section 405(d) of the CWA which govern minimum requirements for sludge quality, management practices, and monitoring and 6reporting applicable to sewage sludge or the use or disposal of sewage sludge by any person.
State means any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
State Director means the chief administrative officer of any State or interstate agency operating an "approved program,'' or the delegated representative of the State Director. If responsibility is divided among two or more State or interstate agencies, "State Director'' means the chief administrative officer of the State or interstate agency authorized to perform the particular procedure or function to which reference is made.
Toxic pollutant means any pollutant listed as toxic under section 307(a)(1) or, in the case of "sludge use or disposal practices,'' any pollutant identified in regulations implementing section 405(d) of the CWA.
Treatment works treating domestic sewage means a POTW or any other sewage sludge or waste water treatment devices or systems, regardless of ownership (including federal facilities), used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal or domestic sewage, land dedicated for the disposal of sewage sludge. This definition does not include septic tanks or similar devices. For purposes of this definition, "domestic sewage'' includes waste and waste water from humans or household operations that are discharged to or otherwise enter a treatment works. In States where there is no approved State sludge management program under section 405(f) of the CWA, the Regional Administrator may designate any person subject to the standards for sewage sludge use and disposal in 40 CFR Part 503 as a "treatment works treating domestic sewage,'' where he or she finds that there is a potential for adverse effects on public health and the from poor sludge quality or poor sludge handling, use or disposal practices, or where he or she finds that such designation is necessary to ensure that such person is in compliance with 40 CFR Part 503.
Variance means any mechanism or provision under section 301 or 316 of CWA or under 40 CFR Part 125, or in the applicable "effluent limitations guidelines'' which allows modification to or waiver of the generally applicable effluent limitation requirements or time deadlines of CWA. This includes provisions which allow the establishment of alternative limitations based on fundamentally different factors or on sections 301(c), 301(g), 301(h), 301(i), or 316(a) of CWA.
(b) All interstate waters, including interstate "wetlands;''
(c) All other waters such as intrastate lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, "wetlands,'' sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, or natural ponds the use, degradation, or destruction of which would affect or could affect interstate or foreign commerce including any such waters:
(g) "Wetlands'' adjacent to waters (other than waters that are themselves wetlands) identified in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this definition.
Waste treatment systems, including treatment ponds or lagoons designed to meet the requirements of CWA (other than cooling ponds as defined in 40 CFR �3.11(m) which also meet the criteria of this definition) are not waters of the United States. This exclusion applies only to manmade bodies of water which neither were originally created in waters of the United States (such as disposal area in wetlands) nor resulted from the impoundment of waters of the United States. (See Note 1 of this section.)
Note: At 45 FR 48620, July 21, 1980, the Environmental Protection Agency suspended until further notice in 122.2, the last sentence, beginning "This exclusion applies . . .'' in the definition of "Waters of the United States.'' This revision continues that suspension. /1/
Editorial Note: The words "This revision'' refer to the document published at 48 FR 14153, Apr. 1, 1983.
(48 FR 14153, Apr. 1, 1983, as amended at 48 FR 39619, Sept. 1, 1983; 50 FR 6940, 6941, Feb. 19, 1985; 54 FR 254, Jan. 4, 1989; 54 FR 18781, May 2, 1989; 54 FR 23895, June 2, 1989)
�2.3 Exclusions.
The following distart charges do not require NPDES permits:
(a) Any discharge of sewage from vessels, effluent from properly functioning marine engines, laundry, shower, and galley sink wastes, or any other discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel. This exclusion does not apply to rubbish, trash, garbage, or other such materials discharged overboard; nor to other discharges when the vessel is operating in a capacity other than as a means of transportation such as when used as an energy or mining facility, a storage facility or a seafood processing facility, or when secured to a storage facility or a seafood processing facility, or when secured to the bed of the ocean, contiguous zone or waters of the United States for the purpose of mineral or oil exploration or development.
(b) Discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States which are regulated under section 404 of CWA.
(c) The introduction of sewage, industrial wastes or other pollutants into publicly owned treatment works by indirect dischargers. Plans or agreements to switch to this method of disposal in the future do not relieve dischargers of the obligation to have and comply with permits until all discharges of pollutants to waters of the United States are eliminated. (See also 122.47(b)). This exclusion does not apply to the introduction of pollutants to privately owned treatment works or to other discharges through pipes, sewers, or other conveyances owned by a State, municipality, or other party not leading to treatment works.
(d) Any discharge in compliance with the instructions of an On-Scene Coordinator pursuant to 40 CFR Part 300 (The National Oil and Substances Pollution Contingency Plan) or 33 CFR �3.10(e) (Pollution by Oil and Hazardous Substances).
(e) Any introduction of pollutants from non point-source agricultural and silvicultural activities, including storm water runoff from orchards, cultivated crops, pastures, range lands, and forest lands, but not discharges from concentrated animal feeding operations as defined in �2.23, discharges from concentrated aquatic animal production facilities as defined in �2.24, discharges to aquaculture projects as defined in �2.25, and discharges from silvicultural point sources as defined in �2.27.
(f) Return flows from irrigated agriculture.
(g) Discharges into a privately owned treatment works, except as the Director may otherwise require under �2.44(m).
(48 FR 14153, Apr. 1, 1983, as amended at 54 FR 254, 258, Jan. 4, 1989)
�2.4 Prohibitions (applicable to State NPDES programs, see 123.25).
(b) When the applicant is required to obtain a State or other appropriate certification under section 401 of CWA and �4.53 and that certification has not been obtained or waived;
(c) By the State Director where the Regional Administrator has objected to issuance of the permit under �3.44;
(i) To a new source or a new discharger, if the discharge from its construction or operation will cause or contribute to the violation of water quality standards. The owner or operator of a new source or new discharger proposing to discharge into a water segment which does not meet applicable water quality standards or is not expected to meet those standards even after the application of the effluent limitations by sections 301(b)(1)(A) and 301(b)(1)(B) of CWA, and for which the State or interstate agency has performed a pollutants load allocation for the pollutant to be discharged, must demonstrate, before the close of the public comment period, that:
(48 FR 14153, Apr. 1, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 6940, Feb. 19, 1985)