### Question
How does PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY PROGRAM define point source?


### Answer
Under *33 U.S.C. § 1362*, **point source** is defined as:

> 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

#### Citation:
  - *33 U.S.C. § 1362*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 25-PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER V-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

