- United States Code
- TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
- CHAPTER 26 - WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
- SUBCHAPTER III - STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 1315. State reports on water quality; transmittal to Congress
- (b)
- (1)
Each State shall prepare and submit to the Administrator
by April 1, 1975, and shall bring up to date by April 1, 1976, and
biennially thereafter, a report which shall include -
- (A)
a description of the water quality of all navigable waters
in such State during the preceding year, with appropriate
supplemental descriptions as shall be required to take into
account seasonal, tidal, and other variations, correlated with
the quality of water required by the objective of this chapter
(as identified by the Administrator pursuant to criteria
published under section 1314(a) of this title) and the water
quality described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph;
- (B)
an analysis of the extent to which all navigable waters of
such State provide for the protection and propagation of a
balanced population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife, and allow
recreational activities in and on the water;
- (C)
an analysis of the extent to which the elimination of the
discharge of pollutants and a level of water quality which
provides for the protection and propagation of a balanced
population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife and allows
recreational activities in and on the water, have been or will be
achieved by the requirements of this chapter, together with
recommendations as to additional action necessary to achieve such
objectives and for what waters such additional action is
necessary;
- (D)
an estimate of (i) the environmental impact, (ii) the
economic and social costs necessary to achieve the objective of
this chapter in such State, (iii) the economic and social
benefits of such achievement, and (iv) an estimate of the date of
such achievement; and
- (E)
a description of the nature and extent of nonpoint sources
of pollutants, and recommendations as to the programs which must
be undertaken to control each category of such sources, including
an estimate of the costs of implementing such programs.
- (2)
The Administrator shall transmit such State reports, together
with an analysis thereof, to Congress on or before October 1, 1975,
and October 1, 1976, and biennially thereafter.
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