[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: 40CFR130.8]

[Page 350-351]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 130--WATER QUALITY PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 130.8  Water quality report.

    (a) Each State shall prepare and submit biennially to the Regional 
Administrator a water quality report in accordance with section 305(b) 
of the Act. The water quality report serves as the primary assessment of 
State water quality. Based upon the water quality data and problems 
identified in the 305(b) report, States develop water quality management 
(WQM) plan elements to help direct all subsequent control activities. 
Water quality problems identified in the 305(b) report should be 
analyzed through water quality management planning leading to the 
development of alternative controls and procedures for problems 
identified in the latest 305(b) report. States may also use the 305(b) 
report to describe ground-water quality and to guide development of 
ground-water plans and programs. Water quality problems identified in 
the 305(b) report should be emphasized and reflected in the State's WQM 
plan and annual work program under sections 106 and 205(j) of the Clean 
Water Act.
    (b) Each such report shall include but is not limited to the 
following:
    (1) A description of the water quality of all waters of the United 
States and

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the extent to which the quality of waters provides for the protection 
and propagation of a balanced population of shellfish, fish, and 
wildlife and allows recreational activities in and on the water.
    (2) An estimate of the extent to which CWA control programs have 
improved water quality or will improve water quality for the purposes of 
paragraph (b)(1) of this section, and recommendations for future actions 
necessary and identifications of waters needing action.
    (3) An estimate of the environmental, economic and social costs and 
benefits needed to achieve the objectives of the CWA and an estimate of 
the date of such achievement.
    (4) A description of the nature and extent of nonpoint source 
pollution and recommendations of programs needed to control each 
category of nonpoint sources, including an estimate of implementation 
costs.
    (5) An assessment of the water quality of all publicly owned lakes, 
including the status and trends of such water quality as specified in 
section 314(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act.
    (c) States may include a description of the nature and extent of 
ground-water pollution and recommendations of State plans or programs 
needed to maintain or improve ground-water quality.
    (d) In the years in which it is prepared the biennial section 305(b) 
report satisfies the requirement for the annual water quality report 
under section 205(j). In years when the 305(b) report is not required, 
the State may satisfy the annual section 205(j) report requirement by 
certifying that the most recently submitted section 305(b) report is 
current or by supplying an update of the sections of the most recently 
submitted section 305(b) report which require updating.

[50 FR 1779, Jan.11, 1985, as amended at 57 FR 33050, July 24, 1992]

    Effective Date Note: At 65 FR 43662 July 13, 2000, Sec. 130.8 was 
redesignated as Sec. 130.11, and at 65 FR 43664, newly redesignated 
Sec. 130.11 was amended by revising paragraph (a), effective 30 days 
after the date that Congress allows EPA to implement this regulation. At 
66 FR 53048, Oct. 18, 2001 these amendments were made effective April 
30, 2003. For the convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth 
as follows:

Sec. 130.11  Water quality report.

    (a) Each State shall prepare and submit biennially to the Regional 
Administrator a water quality report in accordance with section 305(b) 
of the Act. The water quality report serves as the primary assessment of 
State water quality. Based upon the water quality data and problems 
identified in the 305(b) report, States develop water quality management 
(WQM) plan elements to help direct all subsequent control activities. 
Water quality problems identified in the 305(b) report should be 
analyzed through water quality management planning leading to the 
development of alternative controls and procedures for problems 
identified in the latest 305(b) report. States may also use the 305(b) 
report to describe ground-water quality and to guide development of 
ground-water plans and programs. Water quality problems identified in 
the 305(b) report should be emphasized and reflected in the State's WQM 
plan and annual work program under sections 106 and 205(j) of the Clean 
Water Act and where the designated use includes public water supply, in 
the source water assessment conducted under the SDWA.

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