[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR281.60]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 281--APPROVAL OF STATE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart F--Withdrawal of Approval of State Programs
 
Sec. 281.60  Criteria for withdrawal of approval of state programs.


    (a) The Administrator may withdraw program approval when the Agency 
determines that a state no longer has adequate regulatory or statutory 
authority or is not administering and enforcing an approved program in 
accordance with this part. The state must

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have adequate capability to administer and enforce the state program. In 
evaluating whether such capability exists, the Agency will consider 
whether the state is implementing an adequate enforcement program by 
evaluating the quality of compliance monitoring and enforcement actions.
    (b) Such withdrawal of approval will occur only after the state 
fails to take appropriate action within a reasonable time, not to exceed 
120 days after notice from the Administrator that the state is not 
administering and enforcing its program in accordance with the 
requirements of this part.