[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: 40CFR130.11]

[Page 355-356]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 130--WATER QUALITY PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 130.11  Program management.

    (a) State agencies may apply for grants under sections 106, 205(j) 
and 205(g) to carry out water quality planning and management 
activities. Interstate agencies may apply for grants under section 106 
to carry out water quality planning and management activities. Local or 
regional planning organizations may request 106 and 205(j) funds from a 
State for planning and management activities. Grant administrative 
requirements for these funds appear in 40 CFR parts 25, 29, 30, 33 and 
35, subparts A and J.
    (b) Grants under section 106 may be used to fund a wide range of 
activities, including but not limited to assessments of water quality, 
revision of water quality standards (WQS), development of alternative 
approaches to control pollution, implementation and enforcement of 
control measures and development or implementation of ground water 
programs. Grants under section 205(j) may be used to fund water quality 
management (WQM) planning activities but may not be used to fund 
implementation of control measures (see part 35, subpart A). Section 
205(g) funds are used primarily to manage the wastewater treatment works 
construction grants program

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pursuant to the provisions of 40 CFR part 35, subpart J. A State may 
also use part of the 205(g) funds to administer approved permit programs 
under sections 402 and 404, to administer a statewide waste treatment 
management program under section 208(b)(4) and to manage waste treatment 
construction grants for small communities.
    (c) Grant work programs for water quality planning and management 
shall describe geographic and functional priorities for use of grant 
funds in a manner which will facilitate EPA review of the grant 
application and subsequent evaluation of work accomplished with the 
grant funds. A State's 305(b) Report, WQM plan and other water quality 
assessments shall identify the State's priority water quality problems 
and areas. The WQM plan shall contain an analysis of alternative control 
measures and recommendations to control specific problems. Work programs 
shall specify the activities to be carried out during the period of the 
grant; the cost of specific activities; the outputs, for example, 
permits issued, intensive surveys, wasteload allocations, to be produced 
by each activity; and where applicable, schedules indicating when 
activities are to be completed.
    (d) State work programs under sections 106, 205(j) and 205(g) shall 
be coordinated in a manner which indicates the funding from these grants 
dedicated to major functions, such as permitting, enforcement, 
monitoring, planning and standards, nonpoint source implementation, 
management of construction grants, operation and maintenance of 
treatment works, ground-water, emergency response and program 
management. States shall also describe how the activities funded by 
these grants are used in a coordinated manner to address the priority 
water quality problems identified in the State's water quality 
assessment under section 305(b).
    (e) EPA, States, areawide agencies, interstate agencies, local and 
Regional governments, and designated management agencies (DMAs) are 
joint participants in the water pollution control program. States may 
enter into contractual arrangements or intergovernmental agreements with 
other agencies concerning the performance of water quality planning and 
management tasks. Such arrangements shall reflect the capabilities of 
the respective agencies and shall efficiently utilize available funds 
and funding eligibilities to meet Federal requirements commensurate with 
State and local priorities. State work programs under section 205(j) 
shall be developed jointly with local, Regional and other comprehensive 
planning organizations.

    Effective Date Note: At 65 FR 43662, July 13, 2000, Sec. 130.11 was 
redesignated as Sec. 130.62, effective 30 days after the date that 
Congress allows EPA to implement this regulation. At 66 FR 53048, Oct. 
18, 2001 this amendment was made effective April 30, 2003.