[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: 40CFR132.1]

[Page 425]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 132--WATER QUALITY GUIDANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 132.1  Scope, purpose, and availability of documents.

    (a) This part constitutes the Water Quality Guidance for the Great 
Lakes System (Guidance) required by section 118(c)(2) of the Clean Water 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) as amended by the Great Lakes Critical 
Programs Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-596, 104 Stat. 3000 et seq.). The 
Guidance in this part identifies minimum water quality standards, 
antidegradation policies, and implementation procedures for the Great 
Lakes System to protect human health, aquatic life, and wildlife.
    (b) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes States, 
and Great Lakes Tribes will use the Guidance in this part to evaluate 
the water quality programs of the States and Tribes to assure that they 
are protective of water quality. State and Tribal programs do not need 
to be identical to the Guidance in this part, but must contain 
provisions that are consistent with (as protective as) the Guidance in 
this part. The scientific, policy and legal basis for EPA's development 
of each section of the final Guidance in this part is set forth in the 
preamble, Supplementary Information Document, Technical Support 
Documents, and other supporting documents in the public docket. EPA will 
follow the guidance set out in these documents in reviewing the State 
and Tribal water quality programs in the Great Lakes for consistency 
with this part.
    (c) The Great Lakes States and Tribes must adopt provisions 
consistent with the Guidance in this part applicable to waters in the 
Great Lakes System or be subject to EPA promulgation of its terms 
pursuant to this part.
    (d) EPA understands that the science of risk assessment is rapidly 
improving. Therefore, to ensure that the scientific basis for the 
methodologies in appendices A through D are always current and peer 
reviewed, EPA will review the methodologies and revise them, as 
appropriate, every 3 years.
    (e) Certain documents referenced in the appendixes to this part with 
a designation of NTIS and/or ERIC are available for a fee upon request 
to the National Technical Information Center (NTIS), U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. Alternatively, 
copies may be obtained for a fee upon request to the Educational 
Resources Information Center/Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and 
Environmental Education (ERIC/CSMEE), 1200 Chambers Road, Room 310, 
Columbus, Ohio 43212. When ordering, please include the NTIS or ERIC/
CSMEE accession number.