National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-018174",
  "term": "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The primary permitting program under the Clean Water Act which regulates all discharges to surface water.\n\n2. NPDES is the primary permitting program under the Clean Water Act, which regulates all discharges to surface water. It prohibits discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States unless EPA, a state, or a tribal government issues a special permit to do so.\n\n3. A provision of the Clean Water Act that prohibits discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States unless a special permit is issued by the EPA, a state, or a tribal government on the reservation.\n\n4. The national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring, and enforcing permits, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements, under Sections 307, 402, 318, and 405 of the Clean Water Act.\n\n5. A provision of the Clean Water Act which prohibits discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States unless a special permit is issued by EPA, a state, or, where delegated, a tribal government on an Indian reservation.\n\n6. A national program under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act for regulation of discharges of pollutants from point sources to waters of the United States. Discharges are illegal unless authorized by an NPDES permit.\n\n7. The national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring, and enforcing permits, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements, under Section 307, 402, 318, and 405 of the Clean Water Act. Facilities subjected to NPDES permitting regulations include operations such as municipal wastewater treatment plants and industrial waste treatment facilities.\n\n8. NPDES permit program is authorized by the Clean Water Act and works to control water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants into waters of the United States. Industrial, municipal, and other facilities must obtain permits for any discharge into waters of the United States. In most cases, the NPDES permit program is administered by authorized states or EPA.\n\n9. A provision of the Clean Water Act that prohibits the discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States unless a special permit is issued by EPA, a state, or, where delegated, a tribal government on an Indian reservation.\n\n10. The national program for issuing, modifying, revoking, and reissuing, terminating, monitoring, and enforcing discharge permits from point sources to waters of the United States, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements, under CWA sections 307, 402, 318, and 405.\n\n11. The national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing permits, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements, under CWA sections 307, 318, 402, and 405. The term includes approved program. NPDES permits regulate discharges of pollutants from point sources to waters of the United States. Such discharges are illegal unless authorized by an NPDES permit.\n\n12. A permit program that controls water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants into waters of the United States. Data related to this program is exchanged on the Exchange Network using the ICIS-NPDES data exchange.\n\n13. The national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing permits, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements, under sections 307, 402, 318, and 405 of the Clean Water Act. 40 CFR 122.2. NPDES permits regulate discharges of pollutants from point sources to waters of the United States. Such discharges are illegal unless authorized by a NPDES permit.",
  "abbreviation": "NPDES",
  "synonyms": [
    "NPDRS"
  ],
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Watershed Protection Glossary",
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary; Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary; Terms of Environment",
    "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary; Septic Systems Glossary",
    "Total Maximum Daily Loads (303d) Glossary; Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads Glossary",
    "Chesapeake Bay TMDL Glossary",
    "Watershed Planning Glossary of Terms",
    "Pretreatment Acronyms and Glossary",
    "NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary",
    "Exchange Network Glossary",
    "EPA 833-B-96-003"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/national-pollutant-discharge-elimination-system/"
}