40 C.F.R. § 131.1
Scope
This part describes the requirements and procedures for developing, reviewing, revising, and approving water quality standards by the States as authorized by section 303(c) of the Clean Water Act. Additional specific procedures for developing, reviewing, revising, and approving water quality standards for Great Lakes States or Great Lakes Tribes (as defined in 40 CFR 132.2) to conform to section 118 of the Clean Water Act and 40 CFR part 132, are provided in 40 CFR part 132.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2024 · leading case: San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority v. State Water Resources Control Board
San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority v. State Water Resources Control Board (2010)
“§ 1341 ; 40 C.F.R. § 131.1 (2009).) These three issues stem from the fact that the Ship Channel’s DO impairment results from one factor subject to discharge requirements (oxygen-demanding substances) and two factors not so (geometry and reduced flow).”
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Fox (1995)
“Again the Court finds this interpretation of the relevant regulations, see 40 C.F.R. § 131.1 , 131.5 — .6, to be reasonable and entitled to deference.”
City of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, and Marvin Hirschberg v. United States Environmental Protection Agency (2006)
“12 requires that “State[s] shall develop and adopt ..”
City of Albuquerque v. Browner (1993)
“40 C.F.R. §§ 131.1 and 131.2 (1992). The standards alone do not require any particular conduct by the City.”
Center for Regulatory Reasonableness, Inc. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency (2019)
“” JA534 (“proper u’se” of the EPA Stressor-Response Guidance “can satisfy the requirement of 40 CFR 131.1 1(a) that criteria must be based on ‘sound scientific rationale’ and ‘protect the designated use”’).”
Our Children's Earth Foundation v. Regan (2024)
“§ 1313 (c); 40 C.F.R. § 131.1 . Additionally, the CWA requires that: 11 The Administrator shall, within three months after December 27, 1977, and annually thereafter, for purposes of section 1311(h) of this 12 title publish and revise as appropriate information identifying each…”
City of Olmsted v. EPA (2006)
“R. § 131.12 requires that “State[s] shall develop and adopt .”
Oxford Mining Co., L.L.C. v. Nally (2015)
“40 C.F.R. 131.1, 131.12(a). {¶ 18} R.C. 6111.”
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