[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 18]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR129.101]

[Page 333]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 129--TOXIC POLLUTANT EFFLUENT STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart A--Toxic Pollutant Effluent Standards and Prohibitions
 
Sec. 129.101  DDT, DDD and DDE.

    (a) Specialized definitions. (1) DDT Manufacturer means a 
manufacturer, excluding any source which is exclusively a DDT 
formulator, who produces, prepares or processes technical DDT, or who 
uses DDT as a material in the production, preparation or processing of 
another synthetic organic substance.
    (2) DDT formulator means a person who produces, prepares or 
processes a formulated product comprising a mixture of DDT and inert 
materials or other diluents into a product intended for application in 
any use registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and 
Rodenticide Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 135, et seq.).
    (3) The ambient water criterion for DDT in navigable waters is 0.001 
[mu] g/l.
    (b) DDT manufacturer--(1) Applicability. (i) These standards or 
prohibitions apply to:
    (A) All discharges of process wastes; and
    (B) All discharges from the manufacturing areas, loading and 
unloading areas, storage areas and other areas which are subject to 
direct contamination by DDT as a result of the manufacturing process, 
including but not limited to:
    (1) Stormwater and other runoff except as hereinafter provided in 
paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section; and
    (2) Water used for routine cleanup or cleanup of spills.
    (ii) These standards do not apply to stormwater runoff or other 
discharges from areas subject to contamination solely by fallout from 
air emissions of DDT; or to stormwater runoff that exceeds that from the 
ten year 24-hour rainfall event.
    (2) Analytical method acceptable. Environmental Protection Agency 
method specified in 40 CFR part 136, except that a 1-liter sample size 
is required to increase the analytical sensitivity.
    (3) Effluent standard--(i) Existing sources. DDT is prohibited in 
any discharge from any DDT manufacturer.
    (ii) New sources. DDT is prohibited in any discharge from any DDT 
manufacturer.
    (c) DDT formulator--(1) Applicability. (i) These standards or 
prohibitions apply to:
    (A) All discharges of process wastes; and
    (B) All discharges from the formulating areas, loading and unloading 
areas, storage areas and other areas which are subject to direct 
contamination by DDT as a result of the formulating process, including 
but not limited to:
    (1) Stormwater and other runoff except as hereinafter provided in 
paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of this section; and
    (2) Water used for routine cleanup or cleanup of spills.
    (ii) These standards do not apply to stormwater runoff or other 
discharges from areas subject to contamination solely by fallout from 
air emissions of DDT; or to stormwater runoff that exceeds that from the 
ten year 24-hour rainfall event.
    (2) Analytical method acceptable. Environmental Protection Agency 
method specified in 40 CFR part 136, except that a 1-liter sample size 
is required to increase the analytical sensitivity.
    (3) Effluent standard--(i) Existing sources. DDT is prohibited in 
any discharge from any DDT formulator.
    (ii) New Sources. DDT is prohibited in any discharge from any DDT 
formulator.