[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 21]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
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 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).

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