Effluent limitation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009020",
  "term": "Effluent limitation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Effluent Limitation",
  "definition": "1. Restrictions established by a state or EPA on quantities, rates, and concentrations in pollutant discharges.\n\n2. Any restriction imposed by the Director on quantities, discharge rates, and concentrations of pollutants which are discharged from point sources into waters of the United States, the waters of the contiguous zone, or the ocean.\n\n3. Restrictions established by a state or EPA on quantities, rates, and concentrations in wastewater discharges.\n\n4. Any effluent limitation which is established as a condition of a permit issued or proposed to be issued by a State or by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to section 402 of the Act; any toxic or pretreatment effluent standard established under section 307 of the Act; any standard of performance established under section 306 of the Act; and any effluent limitation established under section 302, section 316, or section 318 of the Act.\n\n5. Any restriction established by the Administrator on quantities, rates, and concentrations of chemical, physical, biological and other constituents which are discharged from point sources, other than new sources, into navigable waters, the waters of the contiguous zone or the ocean.\n\n6. Any restriction imposed on quantities, discharge rates, and concentrations of pollutants that are discharged from point sources into waters of the United States, the waters of the contiguous zone, or the ocean.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary; 40 CFR 122.2 (CFR 2013); NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 108.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 401.11 (CFR 2017)",
    "40 CFR 122.2; Water Quality Toolkit Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/effluent-limitation/"
}