{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-401.15","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 401.15","heading":"Toxic pollutants.","body":"The following comprise the list of toxic pollutants designated pursuant to section 307(a)(1) of the Act:\n1. Acenaphthene\n2. Acrolein\n3. Acrylonitrile\n4. Aldrin/Dieldrin 1\n5. Antimony and compounds 2\n6. Arsenic and compounds\n7. Asbestos\n8. Benzene\n9. Benzidine 1\n10. Beryllium and compounds\n11. Cadmium and compounds\n12. Carbon tetrachloride\n13. Chlordane (technical mixture and metabolites)\n14. Chlorinated benzenes (other than di-chlorobenzenes)\n15. Chlorinated ethanes (including 1,2-di-chloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and hexachloroethane)\n16. Chloroalkyl ethers (chloroethyl and mixed ethers)\n17. Chlorinated naphthalene\n18. Chlorinated phenols (other than those listed elsewhere; includes trichlorophenols and chlorinated cresols)\n19. Chloroform\n20. 2-chlorophenol\n21. Chromium and compounds\n22. Copper and compounds\n23. Cyanides\n24. DDT and metabolites 1\n25. Dichlorobenzenes (1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,4-di-chlorobenzenes)\n26. Dichlorobenzidine\n27. Dichloroethylenes (1,1-, and 1,2-dichloroethylene)\n28. 2,4-dichlorophenol\n29. Dichloropropane and dichloropropene\n30. 2,4-dimethylphenol\n31. Dinitrotoluene\n32. Diphenylhydrazine\n33. Endosulfan and metabolites\n34. Endrin and metabolites 1\n35. Ethylbenzene\n36. Fluoranthene\n37. Haloethers (other than those listed elsewhere; includes chlorophenylphenyl ethers, bromophenylphenyl ether, bis(dichloroisopropyl) ether, bis-(chloroethoxy) methane and polychlorinated diphenyl ethers)\n38. Halomethanes (other than those listed elsewhere; includes methylene chloride, methylchloride, methylbromide, bromoform, dichlorobromomethane\n39. Heptachlor and metabolites\n40. Hexachlorobutadiene\n41. Hexachlorocyclohexane\n42. Hexachlorocyclopentadiene\n43. Isophorone\n44. Lead and compounds\n45. Mercury and compounds\n46. Naphthalene\n47. Nickel and compounds\n48. Nitrobenzene\n49. Nitrophenols (including 2,4-dinitrophenol, dinitrocresol)\n50. Nitrosamines\n51. Pentachlorophenol\n52. Phenol\n53. Phthalate esters\n54. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 1\n55. Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (including benzanthracenes, benzopyrenes, benzofluoranthene, chrysenes, dibenz-anthracenes, and indenopyrenes)\n56. Selenium and compounds\n57. Silver and compounds\n58. 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)\n59. Tetrachloroethylene\n60. Thallium and compounds\n61. Toluene\n62. Toxaphene 1\n63. Trichloroethylene\n64. Vinyl chloride\n65. Zinc and compounds","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER N—EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS","PART 401—GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"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":"a2d3d0b23c6ada19352f7f1c7709089676b28ac3dedae382a0254708e9746fb9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-401.14","next":"us/40-cfr-401.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}