subpart_subject: "Applicability, Definitions, and General Requirements For All Facilities and All Types of Oils"
section_number: "110.3"
section_subject: "Discharge of oil in such quantities as “may be harmful” pursuant to section 311(b)(4) of the Act."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 110.3"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 100 to 135"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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For purposes of section 311(b)(4) of the Act, discharges of oil in such quantities that the Administrator has determined may be harmful to the public health or welfare or the environment of the United States include discharges of oil that:
(b)Cause a film or sheen upon or discoloration of the surface of the water or adjoining shorelines or cause a sludge or emulsion to be deposited beneath the surface of the water or upon adjoining shorelines.