[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 19]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR136.2]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 136--GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING TEST PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF POLLUTANTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 136.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part, the term:
    (a) Act means the Clean Water Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95-217, 91 Stat. 
1566, et seq. (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) (The Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act Amendments of 1972 as amended by the Clean Water Act of 
1977).
    (b) Administrator means the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency.
    (c) Regional Administrator means one of the EPA Regional 
Administrators.
    (d) Director means the Director of the State Agency authorized to 
carry out an approved National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
Program under section 402 of the Act.
    (e) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) means 
the national system for the issuance of permits under section 402 of the 
Act and includes any State or interstate program which has been approved 
by the Administrator, in whole or in part, pursuant to section 402 of 
the Act.
    (f) Detection limit means the minimum concentration of an analyte 
(substance) that can be measured and reported with a 99% confidence that 
the analyte concentration is greater than zero as determined by the 
procedure set forth at appendix B of this part.

[38 FR 28758, Oct. 16, 1973, as amended at 49 FR 43250, Oct. 26, 1984]