Major Facility

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-016308

1. Any NPDES facility or activity classified as such by the Regional Administrator, or in the case of approved state programs, the Regional Administrator in conjunction with the State Director. Major municipal dischargers include all facilities with design flows of greater than one million gallons per day and facilities with EPA/State approved industrial pretreatment programs. Major industrial facilities are determined based on specific ratings criteria developed by EPA/State.

2. Any NPDES facility or activity classified as such by the Regional Administrator, or in the case of approved state programs, the Regional Administrator in conjunction with the State Director (§ 122.2). Major municipal dischargers include all facilities with design flows of greater than one million gallons per day and facilities with EPA/state approved industrial pretreatment programs. Major industrial facilities are determined based on specific ratings criteria developed by EPA or are classified as such by EPA in conjunction with the state.

3. Any NPDES “facility or activity” classified as such by the Regional Administrator, or, in the case of “approved State programs,” the Regional Administrator in conjunction with the State Director.

4. Any RCRA, UIC, NPDES, or 404 “facility or activity” classified as such by the Regional Administrator, or, in the case of “approved State programs,” the Regional Administrator in conjunction with the State Director.

5. Any facility or activity classified as such by the Regional Administrator, or, in the case of approved State programs, the Regional Administrator in conjunction with the State Director.

6. Any UIC facility or activity classified as such by the Regional Administrator in conjunction with the State Director.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ENV-016308
Field	Environment
Subject	Water
References	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary; NPDES Permit Writers Glossary; NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary; 40 CFR 122.2 (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 124.4 (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 270.2 (CFR 2018); 40 CFR 144.3 (CFR 2018)

Record as JSON

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  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary",
    "NPDES Permit Writers Glossary; NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary",
    "40 CFR 122.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 124.4 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 270.2 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 144.3 (CFR 2018)"
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/major-facility/"
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