[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 19]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR143.1]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 143--NATIONAL SECONDARY DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 143.1  Purpose.

    This part establishes National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations 
pursuant to section 1412 of the Safe

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Drinking Water Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 300g-1). These regulations 
control contaminants in drinking water that primarily affect the 
aesthetic qualities relating to the public acceptance of drinking water. 
At considerably higher concentrations of these contaminants, health 
implications may also exist as well as aesthetic degradation. The 
regulations are not Federally enforceable but are intended as guidelines 
for the States.