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40 C.F.R. § 401.15

Toxic pollutants

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The following comprise the list of toxic pollutants designated pursuant to section 307(a)(1) of the Act:

1. Acenaphthene 2. Acrolein 3. Acrylonitrile 4. Aldrin/Dieldrin 1

1 Effluent standard promulgated (40 CFR part 129).

5. Antimony and compounds 2

2 The term compounds shall include organic and inorganic compounds.

6. Arsenic and compounds 7. Asbestos 8. Benzene 9. Benzidine 110. Beryllium and compounds 11. Cadmium and compounds 12. Carbon tetrachloride 13. Chlordane (technical mixture and metabolites) 14. Chlorinated benzenes (other than di-chlorobenzenes) 15. Chlorinated ethanes (including 1,2-di-chloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and hexachloroethane) 16. Chloroalkyl ethers (chloroethyl and mixed ethers) 17. Chlorinated naphthalene 18. Chlorinated phenols (other than those listed elsewhere; includes trichlorophenols and chlorinated cresols) 19. Chloroform 20. 2-chlorophenol 21. Chromium and compounds 22. Copper and compounds 23. Cyanides 24. DDT and metabolites 125. Dichlorobenzenes (1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,4-di-chlorobenzenes) 26. Dichlorobenzidine 27. Dichloroethylenes (1,1-, and 1,2-dichloroethylene) 28. 2,4-dichlorophenol 29. Dichloropropane and dichloropropene 30. 2,4-dimethylphenol 31. Dinitrotoluene 32. Diphenylhydrazine 33. Endosulfan and metabolites 34. Endrin and metabolites 135. Ethylbenzene 36. Fluoranthene 37. Haloethers (other than those listed elsewhere; includes chlorophenylphenyl ethers, bromophenylphenyl ether, bis(dichloroisopropyl) ether, bis-(chloroethoxy) methane and polychlorinated diphenyl ethers) 38. Halomethanes (other than those listed elsewhere; includes methylene chloride, methylchloride, methylbromide, bromoform, dichlorobromomethane 39. Heptachlor and metabolites 40. Hexachlorobutadiene 41. Hexachlorocyclohexane 42. Hexachlorocyclopentadiene 43. Isophorone 44. Lead and compounds 45. Mercury and compounds 46. Naphthalene 47. Nickel and compounds 48. Nitrobenzene 49. Nitrophenols (including 2,4-dinitrophenol, dinitrocresol) 50. Nitrosamines 51. Pentachlorophenol 52. Phenol 53. Phthalate esters 54. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 155. Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (including benzanthracenes, benzopyrenes, benzofluoranthene, chrysenes, dibenz-anthracenes, and indenopyrenes) 56. Selenium and compounds 57. Silver and compounds 58. 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) 59. Tetrachloroethylene 60. Thallium and compounds 61. Toluene 62. Toxaphene 163. Trichloroethylene 64. Vinyl chloride 65. Zinc and compounds[44 FR 44502, July 30, 1979, as amended at 46 FR 2266, Jan. 8, 1981; 46 FR 10724, Feb. 4, 1981]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 51 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1984–2024 · leading case: Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Blackstone Valley Elec. Co., 67 F.3d 981 (1st Cir. 1995).
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Blackstone Valley Elec. Co., 67 F.3d 981 (1st Cir. 1995). · cites it 5× “31, 1978), and codified, see 40 C.F.R. § 401.15 . In addition to identifying various specific, discrete chemical compounds (e.”
Narragansett Elec. Co. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 407 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2005). · cites it 6× “40 C.F.R. § 401.15 ; see also 40 C.F.R. § 302.”
Am. Petroleum Inst. v. Env't Prot. Agency, 787 F.2d 965 (5th Cir. 1986). · cites it 4× “See 40 C.F.R. § 401.15 . Region 10 chose to regulate the cadmium and mercury content of barite under § 804(b)(2), by setting best available technology-based limitations (“BAT”), using its best professional judgment (“BPJ”).”
Myers v. United States, 652 F.3d 1021 (9th Cir. 2011). · cites it 2× “Thallium is designated a "toxic pollutant" pursuant to § 307(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 40 C.F.R. § 401.15 ; 33 U.S.C. § 1317 (a), and is, therefore, designated a CERCLA "hazardous substance" under 42 U.”
Mid Valley Bank v. North Valley Bank, 764 F. Supp. 1377 (E.D. Cal. 1991). · cites it 3× “Zinc is designated a "toxic pollutant” pursuant to § 307(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act ( 40 C.F.R. § 401.15 ; 33 U.S.C. § 1317 (a)), and is, therefore, designated a CERCLA "hazardous substance” under 42 U.”
City of New York v. Exxon Corp., 744 F. Supp. 474 (S.D.N.Y. 1990). · cites it 3× “4; a list of “toxic pollutants” pursuant to Section 307(a) of the CWA, codified at 40 C.F.R. § 401.15 ; a list of “hazardous wastes” pursuant to Section 3001 of RCRA, which appears at 40 C.”
Sierra Club v. ICG Hazard, LLC, 781 F.3d 281 (6th Cir. 2015). · cites it 2× “31, 1978) (codified and updated at 40 C.F.R. § 401.15 ). In compliance with the Act, the EPA promulgated and Kentucky adopted water quality standards that established upper limits on selenium concentrations for long-term discharges (5 µg/L for discharges exceeding 96 hours) and…”
Cont'l Cas. Co. v. Rapid-Am. Corp., 609 N.E.2d 506 (NY 1993). “01; part 122, Appendix D, Table V [asbestos listed as "toxic pollutant”]; and 33 USC § 1317 ; 40 CFR 401.15 [asbestos is "toxic pollutant”]).”
United States v. Conservation Chem. Co., 619 F. Supp. 162 (W.D. Mo. 1985). “§ 1317 (a), are listed in 40 C.F.R. § 401.15 . Substances identified under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.”
City of Birmingham Ret. & Relief Sys. v. Good, 177 A.3d 47 (Del. 2017). · cites it 2× “See Memorandum from James A. Hanlon, Dir., U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency, Office of Wastewater Mgmt.”
3550 Stevens Creek Assocs., a Ltd. P'ship v. Barclays Bank of California, 915 F.2d 1355 (9th Cir. 1990). “D, Table V (1987); 40 C.F.R. § 401.15 (1987); 40 C.F.R. Part 61, Subpart M (1987).”
Dague v. City of Burlington, 732 F. Supp. 458 (D. Vt. 1989). · cites it 3× “Water samples taken in and *470 around the Landfill indicate the presence of various chemical wastes specifically listed as toxic pollutants under 40 C.F.R. § 401.15 . 15 The area adjacent to and north of the Landfill, known as the Intervale, is a wetland and constitutes “waters…”
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