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Fixed point of emission of pollutants in bulk, typically of industrial origin. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992) Any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged. This term does not include agricultural storm water discharges and return flows from irrigated agriculture. (From: Section 502(14) of the Clean Water Act. In EPA: US Environmental Protection Agency. Available in: https://www.epa.gov/polluted-runoff-nonpoint-source-pollution/what-nonpoint-source) |