40 CFR § 149.102 - Project review authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s149.102"
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title: "40 CFR § 149.102 - Project review authority."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "149.102"
section_name: "Project review authority."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "WATER PROGRAMS"
part_number: "149"
part_name: "SOLE SOURCE AQUIFERS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Sec. 1424(e), Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300h-3(e); sec. 1427 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, (42 U.S.C. 300h-6)."
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# 149.102 Project review authority.

(a) Once an area is designated, no subsequent commitments of Federal financial assistance may be made to projects which the Administrator determines may contaminate the aquifer so as to create a significant hazard to public health.

(b) The Regional Administrator is hereby delegated the authority and assigned responsibility for carrying out the project review process assigned to the Administrator under section 1424(e) of the Act, except the final determination that a project may contaminate the aquifer through its recharge zone so as to create a significant hazard to public health.

(c) The Regional Administrator may review any project which he considers may potentially contaminate the aquifer through its recharge zone so as to create a significant hazard to public health.