40 CFR § 124.57 - Public notice.

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title: "40 CFR § 124.57 - Public notice."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "124.57"
section_name: "Public notice."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "WATER PROGRAMS"
part_number: "124"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR DECISIONMAKING"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901  Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f  Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251  Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 14264, Apr. 1, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 124.57 Public notice.

(a) *Section 316(a) requests (applicable to State programs, see § 123.25).* In addition to the information required under § 124.10(d)(1), public notice of an NPDES draft permit for a discharge where a CWA section 316(a) request has been filed under § 122.21(l) shall include:

(1) A statement that the thermal component of the discharge is subject to effluent limitations under CWA section 301 or 306 and a brief description, including a quantitative statement, of the thermal effluent limitations proposed under section 301 or 306;

(2) A statement that a section 316(a) request has been filed and that alternative less stringent effluent limitations may be imposed on the thermal component of the discharge under section 316(a) and a brief description, including a quantitative statement, of the alternative effluent limitations, if any, included in the request; and

(3) If the applicant has filed an early screening request under § 125.72 for a section 316(a) variance, a statement that the applicant has submitted such a plan.

(b) [Reserved]

[48 FR 14264, Apr. 1, 1983; 50 FR 6941, Feb. 19, 1985, as amended at 65 FR 30912, May 15, 2000]