[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: 40CFR140.1]

[Page 331]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 140--MARINE SANITATION DEVICE STANDARD--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 140.1  Definitions.

    For the purpose of these standards the following definitions shall 
apply:
    (a) Sewage means human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and 
other receptacles intended to receive or retain body wastes;
    (b) Discharge includes, but is not limited to, any spilling, 
leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping;
    (c) Marine sanitation device includes any equipment for installation 
onboard a vessel and which is designed to receive, retain, treat, or 
discharge sewage and any process to treat such sewage;
    (d) Vessel includes every description of watercraft or other 
artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of 
transportation on waters of the United States;
    (e) New vessel refers to any vessel on which construction was 
initiated on or after January 30, 1975;
    (f) Existing vessel refers to any vessel on which construction was 
initiated before January 30, 1975;
    (g) Fecal coliform bacteria are those organisms associated with the 
intestines of warm-blooded animals that are commonly used to indicate 
the presence of fecal material and the potential presence of organisms 
capable of causing human disease.