§ 1315. — State reports on water quality.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1315]
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
(a) Omitted
(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.
(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title III, Sec. 305, as added Pub. L. 92-500,
Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 853; amended Pub. L. 95-217, Sec. 52,
Dec. 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 1589.)
Codification
Subsec. (a) authorized the Administrator, in cooperation with the
States and Federal agencies, to prepare a report describing the specific
quality, during 1973, of all navigable waters and waters of the
contiguous zone, including an inventory of all point sources of
discharge of pollutants into these waters, and identifying those
navigable waters capable of supporting fish and wildlife populations and
allowing recreational activities, those which could reasonably be
expected to attain this level by 1977 or 1983, and those which could
attain this level sooner, and submit this report to Congress on or
before Jan. 1, 1974.
Amendments
1977--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 95-217, Sec. 52(1), substituted
``April 1, 1975, and shall bring up to date by April 1, 1976, and
biennially thereafter'' for ``January 1, 1975, and shall bring up to
date each year thereafter'' in provisions preceding subpar. (A).
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 95-217, Sec. 52(2), substituted ``on or
before October 1, 1975, and October 1, 1976, and biennially thereafter''
for ``on or before October 1, 1975, and annually thereafter''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1284, 1324, 1329, 1369, 1377
of this title.
