Permit

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-020624",
  "term": "Permit",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A legal document issued by state and/or federal authorities containing a detailed description of the proposed activity and operating procedures as well as appropriate requirements and regulations. The permitting process includes provisions for public comment.\n\n2. An authorization, license, or equivalent control document issued by EPA or an approved Federal, state, or local agency to implement the requirements of an environmental regulation; e.g., a permit to operate a wastewater treatment plant or to operate a facility that may generate harmful emissions.\n\n3. An authorization, license, or equivalent control document issued by EPA or an approved state agency to implement the requirements of an environmental regulation; e.g., a permit to operate a wastewater treatment plant or to operate a facility that may generate harmful emissions.\n\n4. An authorization, license, or equivalent control document issued by EPA or a State to operate an injection well. Permits may be individual permits (covering a single well) or area permits (covering multiple wells in one area).\n\n5. A document that resembles a license, required by the Clean Air Act for big (major) sources of air pollution, such as power plants, chemical factories and, in some cases, smaller polluters. Usually permits are issued by state and local air agencies; but if EPA has disapproved all or part of a state or local permit program, EPA will issue the permits in that state or area. The 1990 Clean Air Act includes requirements for permit applications, including provisions for members of the public to participate in state and EPA reviews of permit applications. Permits will have, in one place, information on all the regulated pollutants at a source. Permits include information on which pollutants are being released, how much the source is allowed to release, and the program that will be used to meet pollutant release requirements. Permits are required both for the operation of plants (operating permits) and for the construction of new plants or modification of existing plants (new source review permits).\n\n6. EPA and certain state agencies issue permits to owners and operators of injection wells to implement the requirements of the UIC program. UIC permits are documents which detail the responsibilities and requirements related to the operation of UIC wells.\n\n7. A permit is a license, issued by the government to a person or persons granting permission to do something that would otherwise be illegal without the permit. An NPDES permit typically is a license for a facility to discharge a specified amount of a pollutant into a receiving water under certain conditions; however, NPDES permits can also authorize facilities to process, incinerate, landfill, or beneficially use biosolids (sewage sludge). A discharger does not have a right to receive a permit, and permits may be revoked for cause such as noncompliance with the conditions of the permit.\n\n8. Document required by EPA under Title V for any major stationary source. Potential-to-emit limits defining a major source are determined by the air quality of the geographical region where the facility is located. A permit contains specific information about how the facility will comply with established emission standards and guidelines set forth by EPA.\n\n9. The legally binding written document or portion of such document, including any permit revisions, that is issued by a permitting authority under this part and specifies the Acid Rain Program requirements applicable to an affected source and to the owners and operators and the designated representative of the affected source or the affected unit.\n\n10. Unless the context suggests otherwise, any permit or group of permits covering a part 70 source that is issued, renewed, amended, or revised pursuant to this part.\n\n11. Entitlement to commence and continue operation of a facility as long as both procedural and performance standards are met. The term “permit” includes any functional equivalent such as a registration or license. [40 CRF 256.06]Any license or permit granted by an agency of the Federal Government to conduct any activity which may result in any discharge into the navigable waters of the United States.\n\n12. Any permit covering an existing early reductions source that is issued, amended, or revised pursuant to this subpart.\n\n13. Authorization, license, or equivalent control document issued by EPA or an “approved State” to implement the requirements of this part and parts 123 and 124. “Permit” includes an NPDES “general permit” (§ 122.28). Permit does not include any permit which has not yet been the subject of final agency action, such as a “draft permit” or a “proposed permit.”\n\n14. Written authorization issued by an approved State to implement the requirements of part 233, or by the Corps under 33 CFR parts 320-330. When used in these regulations, “permit” includes “general permit” as well as individual permit.\n\n15. Unless the context suggests otherwise, any permit or group of permits covering a part 71 source that has been issued, renewed, amended or revised pursuant to this part.\n\n16. Authorization, license, or equivalent control document issued by EPA or an “approved State program” to implement the requirements of this part.[40 CFR 501.2 (CFR 2013)]Permit issued by either EPA or a State under the authority of section 402 of the Act; or by the Corps of Engineers under section 404 of the Act.\n\n17. Authorization, license or equivalent control document issued by EPA or an “approved State” to implement the requirements of this part and parts 122, 123, 144, 145, 233, 270, and 271 of this chapter. “Permit” includes RCRA “permit by rule” (§ 270.60), RCRA standardized permit (§ 270.67), UIC area permit (§ 144.33), NPDES or 404 “general permit” (§§ 270.61, 144.34, and 233.38). Permit does not include RCRA interim status (§ 270.70), UIC authorization by rule (§ 144.21), or any permit which has not yet been the subject of final agency action, such as a “draft permit” or a “proposed permit.”\n\n18. Permit issued by the Regional Administrator pursuant to 40 CFR 49.151, 52.10 or 52.21, or a permit issued by a Tribe pursuant to a program approved by the Administrator under 40 CFR part 51, subpart I, authorizing the construction or modification of a stationary source. [40 CFR 49.4163 (CFR 2013)]Permit applied for or granted under the Act.\n\n19. Any license or permit granted by an agency of the Federal Government to conduct any activity which may result in any discharge into the navigable waters of the United States. [40 CFR 121.1 (CFR 2013)]Authorization, license, or equivalent control document issued by EPA or an approved State to implement the requirements of this part, part 145, 146 and 124. Permit includes an area permit (§ 144.33) and an emergency permit (§ 144.34). Permit does not include UIC authorization by rule (§ 144.21), or any permit which has not yet been the subject of final agency action, such as a draft permit.\n\n20. Authorization, license, or equivalent control document issued by EPA or an approved State to implement the requirements of this part and parts 271 and 124 of this chapter. Permit includes permit by rule (§ 270.60), emergency permit (§ 270.61) and standardized permit (subpart J of this part). Permit does not include RCRA interim status (subpart G of this part), or any permit which has not been the subject of final agency action, such as a draft permit or a proposed permit.[40 CFR 270.2 (CFR 2018)]Authorization, license, or equivalent control document issued by EPA or an approved State to implement the requirements of this part and parts 124, 144, and 145. Permit does not include RCRA interim status (§ 122.23), UIC authorization by rule (§§ 144.21 to 144.26 and 144.15), or any permit which has not yet been the subject of final agency action, such as a ‘‘draft permit’’ or a ‘‘proposed permit.’’",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "RCRA Glossary of Terms; Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology; Terms of Environment",
    "Underground Injection Control Glossary",
    "Air Permitting Terms",
    "Underground Injection Control Terms",
    "EPA NPDES Permit Writers’ Manual September 2010 at http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/pwm_chapt_01.pdf",
    "Basic Concepts in Environmental Sciences Glossary",
    "40 CFR 72.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 70.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 121.1 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 71.22 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 122.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 232.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 71.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 21.2 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 124.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "EPA EV-Regulatory Activities-Enforcement and Compliance",
    "40 CFR 144.3 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 146.3 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/permit/"
}