---identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s23.1"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "40 CFR § 23.1 - Definitions."title_number: 40title_name: "Protection of Environment"section_number: "23.1"section_name: "Definitions."chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"subchapter_number: "A"subchapter_name: "GENERAL"part_number: "23"part_name: "JUDICIAL REVIEW UNDER EPA-ADMINISTERED STATUTES"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1361(a), 1369(b); Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7601(a)(1), 7607(b); Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6976; Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2618; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136n(b), 136w(a); Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300j-7(a)(2), 300j-9(a); Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. 2201, 2239; Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 371(a), 346a, 28 U.S.C. 2112(a), 2343, 2344."regulatory_source: "50 FR 7270, Feb. 21, 1985, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "23"---
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/us/cfr/t40/s23.1
Currency
2026-04-05
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No
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2026-04-05
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1361(a), 1369(b); Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7601(a)(1), 7607(b); Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6976; Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 261... Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1361(a), 1369(b); Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7601(a)(1), 7607(b); Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6976; Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2618; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136n(b), 136w(a); Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300j-7(a)(2), 300j-9(a); Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. 2201, 2239; Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 371(a), 346a, 28 U.S.C. 2112(a), 2343, 2344.
# 23.1 Definitions.As used in this part, the term:(a) *Federal Register document* means a document intended for publication in the *Federal Register* and bearing in its heading an identification code including the letters *FRL.*(b) *Admininstrator* means the Administrator or any official exercising authority delegated by the Administrator.(c) *General Counsel* means the General Counsel of EPA or any official exercising authority delegated by the General Counsel.[50 FR 7270, Feb. 21, 1985, as amended at 53 FR 29322, Aug. 3, 1988]