Effluent Standard

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009029",
  "term": "Effluent Standard",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Any effluent standard or limitation, which may include a prohibition of any discharge, established or proposed to be established for any toxic pollutant under section 307(a) of the Act.\n\n2. For purposes of section 307, the equivalent of effluent limitation as that term is defined in section 502(11) of the Act with the exception that it does not include a schedule of compliance.\n\n3. Prohibition, any effluent limitation, or any toxic, pre-treatment or new source performance standard established or publicly proposed pursuant to the Act or pursuant to regulations under the Act, including limitations or prohibitions in a permit issued or proposed by EPA or by a State under section 402 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1342.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 104.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 129.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 2.302 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/effluent-standard/"
}