[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 22]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

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]