[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: 40CFR135.10]

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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 B--Prior Notice Under the Safe Drinking Water Act
 
Sec. 135.10  Purpose.

    Source: 54 FR 20771, May 12, 1989, unless otherwise noted.


    Section 1449 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (the Act) authorizes any 
person to commence a civil action to enforce the Act against an alleged 
violator of any requirements prescribed by

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or under the Act, or against the Administrator for failure to perform 
any duty which is not discretionary under the Act. No citizen suit may 
be commenced prior to sixty days after giving notice of the alleged 
violation to the Administrator, any alleged violator, and to the State. 
The purpose of this subpart is to prescribe procedures for giving the 
notice required by section 1449(b).