Discharger

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008130",
  "term": "Discharger",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definitions": [
    "1. Facility that discharges wastewater directly to waters of the United States or introduces wastewater to a publicly-owned treatment works.\n\n2. Dischargers are entities with an EPA, Army Corps, or state permit for a point source discharge of a pollutant into a water of the United States.\n\n3. Dischargers can be either \"direct dischargers,\" that are sources that discharge directly to waters of the United States, or \"indirect dischargers,\" that are sources that introduce pollutants to publicly owned treatment works (POTWs).",
    "Dischargers are entities with an EPA, Army Corps, or state permit for a specific and measurable discharge of a pollutant into a waterbody."
  ],
  "subject": [
    "Regulatory activities",
    "Water"
  ],
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 437.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "How's My Waterway Glossary",
    "NSTEPS Online Glossary of Terms; N-STEPS Online Glossary of Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/discharger/"
}