[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: 40CFR135.4]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 135--PRIOR NOTICE OF CITIZEN SUITS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart A--Prior Notice Under the Clean Water Act
 
Sec. 135.4  Service of complaint.

    (a) A citizen plaintiff shall mail a copy of a complaint filed 
against an alleged violator under section 505(a)(1) of the Act to the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Regional 
Administrator of the EPA Region in which the violations are alleged to 
have occurred, and the Attorney General of the United States.
    (b) The copy so served shall be of a filed, date-stamped complaint, 
or shall be a conformed copy of the filed complaint which indicates the 
assigned civil action number, accompanied by a signed statement by the 
plaintiff or his attorney as to when the complaint was filed.
    (c) A citizen plaintiff shall mail a copy of the complaint on the 
same date on which the plaintiff files the complaint with the court, or 
as expeditiously thereafter as practicable.
    (d) If the alleged violator is a Federal agency, a citizen plaintiff 
must serve the complaint on the United States in accordance with 
relevant Federal law and court rules affecting service on defendants, in 
addition to complying with the service requirements of this subpart.

[56 FR 11515, Mar. 19, 1991]