[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 18]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR123.21]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 123--STATE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--State Program Submissions
 
Sec. 123.21  Elements of a program submission.


    (a) Any State that seeks to administer a program under this part 
shall submit to the Administrator at least three copies of a program 
submission. The submission shall contain the following:
    (1) A letter from the Governor of the State (or in the case of an 
Indian Tribe in accordance with Sec. 123.33(b), the Tribal authority 
exercising powers substantially similar to those of a State Governor) 
requesting program approval;

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    (2) A complete program description, as required by Sec. 123.22, 
describing how the State intends to carry out its responsibilities under 
this part;
    (3) An Attorney General's statement as required by Sec. 123.23;
    (4) A Memorandum of Agreement with the Regional Administrator as 
required by Sec. 123.24;
    (5) Copies of all applicable State statutes and regulations, 
including those governing State administrative procedures;
    (b)(1) Within 30 days of receipt by EPA of a State program 
submission, EPA will notify the State whether its submission is 
complete. If EPA finds that a State's submission is complete, the 
statutory review period (i.e., the period of time allotted for formal 
EPA review of a proposed State program under CWA) shall be deemed to 
have begun on the date of receipt of the State's submission. If EPA 
finds that a State's submission is incomplete, the statutory review 
period shall not begin until all the necessary information is received 
by EPA.
    (2) In the case of an Indian Tribe eligible under Sec. 123.33(b), 
EPA shall take into consideration the contents of the Tribe's request 
submitted under Sec. 123.32, in determining if the program submission 
required by Sec. 123.21(a) is complete.
    (c) If the State's submission is materially changed during the 
statutory review period, the statutory review period shall begin again 
upon receipt of the revised submission.
    (d) The State and EPA may extend the statutory review period by 
agreement.

[48 FR 14178, Apr. 1, 1983; 50 FR 6941, Feb. 19, 1985, as amended at 58 
FR 67981, Dec. 22, 1993; 59 FR 64343, Dec. 14, 1994]