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40 CFR -- PART 130 --

View Printed Federal Register page 65 FR 43663 in PDF format.

Amendment(s) published July 13, 2000, in 65 FR 43663


Effective Date(s) This regulation is not effective until 30 days after the date that Congress allows EPA to implement this regulation. EPA will publish notice of the effective date in the Federal Register.


11. Amend newly designated §  130.10 in paragraph (a) by adding a note to the paragraph, and revise paragraph (b) as follows:

§  130.10    Water quality monitoring.

(a) *    *    *

Note to paragraph (a): EPA recommends that you use "Policy and Program Requirements to Implement the Mandatory Quality Assurance Program", EPA Order 5360.1, April 3, 1984, as revised July 16, 1998, or subsequent revisions.

(b) The State's water monitoring program shall include collection and analysis of physical, chemical and biological data and quality assurance and control programs to assure scientifically valid data. The uses of these data include determining abatement and control priorities; developing and reviewing water quality standards, total maximum daily loads, wasteload allocations and load allocations; assessing compliance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits by dischargers; reporting information to the public through the section 305(b) report and reviewing site-specific monitoring efforts and source water assessments conducted under the Safe Drinking Water Act.