[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR56.1]

[Page 129]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 56--REGIONAL CONSISTENCY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 56.1  Definitions.

    As used in this part, all terms not defined herein have the meaning 
given them in the Clean Air Act.
    Act means the Clean Air Act as amended (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).
    Administrator, Deputy Administrator, Assistant Administrator, 
General Counsel, Associate General Counsel, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, Regional Administrator, Headquarters, Staff Office, 
Operational Office, and Regional Office are described in part 1 of this 
title.
    Mechanism means an administrative procedure, guideline, manual, or 
written statement.
    Program directive means any formal written statement by the 
Administrator, the Deputy Administrator, the Assistant Administrator, a 
Staff Office Director, the General Counsel, a Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, an Associate General Counsel, or a division Director of 
an Operational Office that is intended to guide or direct Regional 
Offices in the implementation or enforcement of the provisions of the 
act.
    Responsible official means the EPA Administrator or any EPA employee 
who is accountable to the Administrator for carrying out a power or duty 
delegated under section 301(a)(1) of the act, or is accountable in 
accordance with EPA's formal organization for a particular program or 
function as described in part 1 of this title.