40 CFR § 108.2 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s108.2"
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title: "40 CFR § 108.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "108.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "WATER PROGRAMS"
part_number: "108"
part_name: "EMPLOYEE PROTECTION HEARINGS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Sec. 507(e), Pub. L. 92-500, 86 Stat. 816 (33 U.S.C. 1251 )."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 15398, May 3, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "108"
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# 108.2 Definitions.

As used in this part, the term:

(a) *Act* means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended;

(b) *Effluent limitation* means any effluent limitation which is established as a condition of a permit issued or proposed to be issued by a State or by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to section 402 of the Act; any toxic or pretreatment effluent standard established under section 307 of the Act; any standard of performance established under section 306 of the Act; and any effluent limitation established under section 302, section 316, or section 318 of the Act.

(c) *Order* means any order issued by the Administrator under section 309 of the Act; any order issued by a State to secure compliance with a permit, or condition thereof, issued under a program approved pursuant to section 402 of the Act; or any order issued by a court in an action brought pursuant to section 309 or section 505 of the Act.

(d) *Party* means an employee filing a request under § 108.3, any employee similarly situated, the employer of any such employee, and the Regional Administrator or his designee.

(e) *Administrator* or *Regional Administrator* means the Administrator or a Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.