{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-140.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 140.1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purpose of these standards the following definitions shall apply:\n(a) Sewage means human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain body wastes;\n(b) Discharge includes, but is not limited to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping;\n(c) Marine sanitation device includes any equipment for installation onboard a vessel and which is designed to receive, retain, treat, or discharge sewage and any process to treat such sewage;\n(d) Vessel includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on waters of the United States;\n(e) New vessel refers to any vessel on which construction was initiated on or after January 30, 1975;\n(f) Existing vessel refers to any vessel on which construction was initiated before January 30, 1975;\n(g) Fecal coliform bacteria are those organisms associated with the intestines of warm-blooded animals that are commonly used to indicate the presence of fecal material and the potential presence of organisms capable of causing human disease.","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER D—WATER PROGRAMS","PART 140—MARINE SANITATION DEVICE STANDARD"],"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":"85d41d9f198bea00bc0830b308126612bea7979d5203e8cc75ddb5e80224785d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-appendix-a-to-part-139","next":"us/40-cfr-140.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}