[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 19]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR131.6]

[Page 370]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 131--WATER QUALITY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 131.6  Minimum requirements for water quality standards submission.

    The following elements must be included in each State's water 
quality standards submitted to EPA for review:
    (a) Use designations consistent with the provisions of sections 
101(a)(2) and 303(c)(2) of the Act.
    (b) Methods used and analyses conducted to support water quality 
standards revisions.
    (c) Water quality criteria sufficient to protect the designated 
uses.
    (d) An antidegradation policy consistent with Sec. 131.12.
    (e) Certification by the State Attorney General or other appropriate 
legal authority within the State that the water quality standards were 
duly adopted pursuant to State law.
    (f) General information which will aid the Agency in determining the 
adequacy of the scientific basis of the standards which do not include 
the uses specified in section 101(a)(2) of the Act as well as 
information on general policies applicable to State standards which may 
affect their application and implementation.