Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§13102 Definitions

Title 42 › CHAPTER 133 — POLLUTION PREVENTION › § 13102

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines the main words used in this chapter. "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency. "Toxic chemical" means any substance on the list in section 11023(c) of this title. "Release" has the meaning given in section 11049(8) of this title. Describes "source reduction" as practices that cut how much hazardous material enters waste streams or is released and that lower the health and environmental risks from those releases. It includes things like changing equipment or technology, altering processes, redesigning products, swapping raw materials, and improving housekeeping, maintenance, training, or inventory control. It does not include actions that change a substance’s physical, chemical, or biological traits or volume by processes that are not essential to making a product or providing a service. "Multi-media" means water, air, and land. "SIC codes" are the two-digit industry codes from the Standard Industrial Classification Manual.

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Title 42, §13102

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For purposes of this chapter—

(1)The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

(2)The term “Agency” means the Environmental Protection Agency.

(3)The term “toxic chemical” means any substance on the list described in section 11023(c) of this title.

(4)The term “release” has the same meaning as provided by section 11049(8) of this title.

(5)(A)The term “source reduction” means any practice which—

(i)reduces the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment (including fugitive emissions) prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal; and

(ii)reduces the hazards to public health and the environment associated with the release of such substances, pollutants, or contaminants.

The term includes equipment or technology modifications, process or procedure modifications, reformulation or redesign of products, substitution of raw materials, and improvements in housekeeping, maintenance, training, or inventory control.

(B)The term “source reduction” does not include any practice which alters the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or the volume of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant through a process or activity which itself is not integral to and necessary for the production of a product or the providing of a service.

(6)The term “multi-media” means water, air, and land.

(7)The term “SIC codes” refers to the 2-digit code numbers used for classification of economic activity in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual.

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42 U.S.C. § 13102

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110