§ 1370. — State authority.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1370]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 26--WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1370. State authority
Except as expressly provided in this chapter, nothing in this
chapter shall (1) preclude or deny the right of any State or political
subdivision thereof or interstate agency to adopt or enforce (A) any
standard or limitation respecting discharges of pollutants, or (B) any
requirement respecting control or abatement of pollution; except that if
an effluent limitation, or other limitation, effluent standard,
prohibition, pretreatment standard, or standard of performance is in
effect under this chapter, such State or political subdivision or
interstate agency may not adopt or enforce any effluent limitation, or
other limitation, effluent standard, prohibition, pretreatment standard,
or standard of performance which is less stringent than the effluent
limitation, or other limitation, effluent standard, prohibition,
pretreatment standard, or standard of performance under this chapter; or
(2) be construed as impairing or in any manner affecting any right or
jurisdiction of the States with respect to the waters (including
boundary waters) of such States.
(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title V, Sec. 510, as added Pub. L. 92-500,
Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 893.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1311, 1342 of this title.
