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Secs. 301, 304, 306, 307, and 501, Pub. L. 92-500, 86 Stat. 816, Pub. L. 95-217, 91 Stat. 156, and Pub. L. 100-4 (33 U.S.C. 1311, 1314, 1316, 1317, and 1361).
43 FR 17776, Apr. 25, 1978, unless otherwise noted.
43 FR 44846, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.
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(a) Organic active ingredients means carbon-containing active ingredients used in pesticides, excluding metalloorganic active ingredients.
(b) Total organic active ingredients means the sum of all organic active ingredients covered by § 455.20(a) which are manufactured at a facility subject to this subpart.
(c) Organic pesticide chemicals means the sum of all organic active ingredients listed in § 455.20(b) which are manufactured at a facility subject to this subpart.
(d) Process wastewater flow means the sum of the average daily flows from the following wastewater streams: Process stream and product washes, equipment and floor washes, water used as solvent for raw materials, water used as reaction medium, spent acids, spent bases, contact cooling water, water of reaction, air pollution control blowdown, steam jet blowdown, vacuum pump water, pump seal water, safety equipment cleaning water, shipping container cleanout, safety shower water, contaminated storm water, and product/process laboratory quality control wastewater. Notwithstanding any other regulation, process wastewater flow for the purposes of this subpart does not include wastewaters from the production of intermediate chemicals.
(e) Process wastewater pollutants means those pollutants present in process wastewater flow.
[43 FR 44846, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 58 FR 50689, Sept. 28, 1993]