40 CFR § 35.2111 - Revised water quality standards.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s35.2111"
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title: "40 CFR § 35.2111 - Revised water quality standards."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "35.2111"
section_name: "Revised water quality standards."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "35"
part_name: "STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 7401 33 U.S.C. 1251 42 U.S.C. 300f 42 U.S.C. 6901 7 U.S.C. 136 15 U.S.C. 2601 42 U.S.C. 13101 Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-299 (1996); Pub. L. 105-65, 111 Stat. 1344, 1373 (1997), 2 CFR 200."
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# 35.2111 Revised water quality standards.
After December 29, 1984, no grant can be awarded for projects that discharge into stream segments which have not, at least once since December 29, 1981, had their water quality standards reviewed and revised or new standards adopted, as appropriate, under section 303(c) of the Act, unless:
(a) The State has in good faith submitted such water quality standards and the Regional Administrator has failed to act on them within 120 days of receipt;
(b) The grant assistance is for the construction of non-discharging land treatment or containment ponds; or
(c) The grant assistance is a State program grant awarded under section 205(g) or 205(j) of the Act.
[50 FR 45895, Nov. 4, 1985]