{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-108.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 108.2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part, the term:\n(a) Act means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended;\n(b) Effluent limitation means any effluent limitation which is established as a condition of a permit issued or proposed to be issued by a State or by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to section 402 of the Act; any toxic or pretreatment effluent standard established under section 307 of the Act; any standard of performance established under section 306 of the Act; and any effluent limitation established under section 302, section 316, or section 318 of the Act.\n(c) Order means any order issued by the Administrator under section 309 of the Act; any order issued by a State to secure compliance with a permit, or condition thereof, issued under a program approved pursuant to section 402 of the Act; or any order issued by a court in an action brought pursuant to section 309 or section 505 of the Act.\n(d) Party means an employee filing a request under § 108.3, any employee similarly situated, the employer of any such employee, and the Regional Administrator or his designee.\n(e) Administrator or Regional Administrator means the Administrator or a Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER D—WATER PROGRAMS","PART 108—EMPLOYEE PROTECTION HEARINGS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-40.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:04Z","sha256":"9329a4217ea425568acd6f7defe3922eb5a0952edf6c56e14b79040ce78bd1aa","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-108.1","next":"us/40-cfr-108.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}