{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s13102","title_num":"42","num":"§ 13102.","heading":"Definitions","status":null,"guid":"id7b6bad45-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 101–508, title VI, § 6603, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–321.)","seq_in_title":6763,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch133","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch133","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 133—","heading":"POLLUTION PREVENTION","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id8f957251-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s13102\"><num value=\"13102\">§ 13102.</num><heading> Definitions</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">For purposes of this chapter—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f957252-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s13102/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f957253-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s13102/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> The term “Agency” means the Environmental Protection Agency.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f957254-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s13102/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> The term “toxic chemical” means any substance on the list described in <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s11023/c\">section 11023(c) of this title</ref>.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f957255-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s13102/4\"><num value=\"4\">(4)</num><content> The term “release” has the same meaning as provided by <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s11049/8\">section 11049(8) of this title</ref>.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f957256-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s13102/5\"><num value=\"5\">(5)</num><subparagraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f957257-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s13102/5/A\"><num value=\"A\">(A)</num><chapeau> The term “source reduction” means any practice which—</chapeau><clause style=\"-uslm-lc:I13\" class=\"indent2\" id=\"id8f957258-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s13102/5/A/i\"><num value=\"i\">(i)</num><content> 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</content>\n</clause>\n<clause style=\"-uslm-lc:I13\" class=\"indent2\" id=\"id8f957259-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s13102/5/A/ii\"><num value=\"ii\">(ii)</num><content> reduces the hazards to public health and the environment associated with the release of such substances, pollutants, or contaminants.</content>\n</clause>\n\n<continuation style=\"-uslm-lc:I17\" class=\"indent1 firstIndent0\">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.</continuation>\n</subparagraph>\n<subparagraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f95725a-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s13102/5/B\"><num value=\"B\">(B)</num><content> 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.</content>\n</subparagraph>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f95725b-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s13102/6\"><num value=\"6\">(6)</num><content> The term “multi-media” means water, air, and land.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f95725c-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s13102/7\"><num value=\"7\">(7)</num><content> The term “SIC codes” refers to the 2-digit code numbers used for classification of economic activity in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id8f95725d-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/101/508/tVI/s6603\">Pub. L. 101–508, title VI, § 6603</ref>, <date date=\"1990-11-05\">Nov. 5, 1990</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/104/1388-321\">104 Stat. 1388–321</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}