Director

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008079",
  "term": "Director",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The Regional Administrator or State Director, as the context requires, or an authorized representative. When there is no approved state program, and there is an EPA administered program, Director means the Regional Administrator. When there is an approved state program, \"Director\" normally means the State Director.\n\n2. The person responsible for permitting, implementation, and compliance of the UIC Program. For UIC Programs administered by the EPA, the Director is the EPA Regional Administrator; for UIC Programs in Primary States, the Director is the person responsible for permitting, implementation, and compliance of the State, Territorial, or Tribal UIC Program.\n\n3. The person with chief responsibility for on-set and post-production development of an audiovisual program.\n\n4. Director of the EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. [40 CFR 720.3 (CFR 2013)]\n\n5. Regional Administrator or the State Director, as the context requires, or an authorized representative. When there is no “approved State program,” and there is an EPA administered program, “Director” means the Regional Administrator. When there is an approved State program, “Director” normally means the State Director. In some circumstances, however, EPA retains the authority to take certain actions even when there is an approved State program. (For example, when EPA has issued an NPDES permit prior to the approval of a State program, EPA may retain jurisdiction over that permit after program approval, see § 123.1.) In such cases, the term “Director” means the Regional Administrator and not the State Director.\n\n6. Regional Administrator, the State director or the Tribal director as the context requires, or an authorized representative. When there is no approved State or Tribal program, and there is an EPA administered program, Director means the Regional Administrator. When there is an approved State or Tribal program, “Director” normally means the State or Tribal director. In some circumstances, however, EPA retains the authority to take certain actions even when there is an approved State or Tribal program. (For example, when EPA has issued an NPDES permit prior to the approval of a State program, EPA may retain jurisdiction over that permit after program approval; see § 123.1) In such cases, the term “Director” means the Regional Administrator and not the State or Tribal director.\n\n7. For the purposes of part 124, the term Director means the State Director or Regional Administrator and is used when the accompanying provision is required of EPA-administered programs and of State programs under §§ 123.25 (NPDES), 145.11 (UIC), 233.26 (404), and 271.14 (RCRA). The term Regional Administrator is used when the accompanying provision applies exclusively to EPA-issued permits and is not applicable to State programs under these sections. While States are not required to implement these latter provisions, they are not precluded from doing so, notwithstanding use of the term “Regional Administrator.”\n\n8. Defined in 40 CFR 270.2.\n\n9. Same meaning as in § 720.3 of this chapter.\n\n10. Chief administrative officer of a State or Interstate water pollution control agency with an NPDES permit program approved pursuant to section 402(b) of the Act and an approved State pretreatment program.\n\n11. One of the Directors of the Water Management Divisions within the Regional offices of the Environmental Protection Agency or this person's delegated representative.\n\n12. Defined in 40 CFR 122.2.\n\n13. Regional Administrator, the State director or the Tribal director as the context requires, or an authorized representative. When there is no approved State or Tribal program, and there is an EPA administered program, ‘‘Director’’ means the Regional Administrator. When there is an approved State or Tribal program, ‘‘Director’’ normally means the State or Tribal director. In some circumstances, however, EPA retains the authority to take certain actions even when there is an approved State or Tribal program.\n\n14. Regional Administrator, the State director or the Tribal director as the context requires, or an authorized representative. When there is no approved State or Tribal program, and there is an EPA administered program, Director means the Regional Administrator. When there isan approved State or Tribal program, ‘‘Director’’ normally means the State or Tribal director. In some circumstances, however, EPA retains the authority to take certain actions even when there is an approved State or Tribal program. In such cases, the term Director means the Regional Administrator and not the State or Tribal director.\n\n15. Regional Administrator or the State Director, as the context requires, or an authorized representative. When there is no approved State program, and there is an EPA administered program, Director means the Regional Administrator. When there is an approved State program, Director normally means the State Director.In some circumstances, however, EPA retains the authority to take certain actions even when there is an approved State program. In such cases, the term Director means the Regional Administrator and not the State Director.\n\n16. The Regional Administrator or the State Director, as the context requires, or an authorized representative. When there is no approved state program, and there is an EPA-administered program, Director means the Regional Administrator. When there is an approved state program, Director normally means the State Director. In some circumstances, however, EPA retains the authority to take certain actions even when there is an approved state program. (For example, when EPA has issued an NPDES permit before the approval of a state program, EPA may retain jurisdiction over that permit after program approval, see § 123.1.) In such cases, Director means the Regional Administrator and not the State Director.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary",
    "Underground Injection Control Glossary",
    "Communications Stylebook Glossary",
    "40 CFR 725.3 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 122.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 124.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 266.201 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 723.250 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 403.3 (CFR 2017)",
    "40 CFR 136.2 (CFR 2018)",
    "Definition truncated. For full definition, see 40 CFR 146.3 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 144.3 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 270.2 (CFR 2018)",
    "NPDES Permit Writers Glossary; NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/director/"
}