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40 CFR 401.15 : Protection Of Environment (§ 1.1 To Parts 1851-1899) — (Part 400 To § 424.77) — Environmental Protection Agency (Continued) (Part 400 To § 424.77) — Effluent Guidelines And Standards (Part 400 To § 424.77) — General Provisions (§ 401.10 To § 401.17) — Toxic pollutants.

4 Aug 2016

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

    Effluent standard promulgated (40 CFR part 129).

    5. Antimony and compounds

    The term compounds shall include organic and inorganic compounds.

    6. Arsenic and compounds

    7. Asbestos

    8. Benzene

    9. Benzidine 1

    10. 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 1

    25. 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 1

    35. 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) 1

    55. 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 1

    63. Trichloroethylene

    64. Vinyl chloride

    65. Zinc and compounds

40 CFR 401.15
[44 FR 44502, July 30, 1979, as amended at 46 FR 2266, Jan. 8, 1981; 46 FR 10724, Feb. 4, 1981]