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40 CFR §35.662

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The following definition applies to the Pollution Prevention Grant program and to §§ 35.660 through 35.669:
  1. (a)Pollution prevention/source reduction is any practice that:
    1. (1)Reduces the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment (including fugitive emissions) prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal;
    2. (2)Reduces the hazards to public health and the environment associated with the release of such substances, pollutants, or contaminants; or
    3. (3)Reduces or eliminates the creation of pollutants through:
      1. (i)Increased efficiency in the use of raw materials, energy, water, or other resources; or
      2. (ii)Protection of national resources by conservation.
  2. (b)Pollution prevention/source reduction does not include any practice which alters the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or the volume of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant through a process or activity which itself is not integral to and necessary for the production of a product or the providing of a service.