---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 121.3"
title: "40"
number: "121.3"
heading: "Scope of certification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/121.3"
---

# §121.3. Scope of certification.

- (a) When a certifying authority reviews a request for certification, the certifying authority shall evaluate whether the activity will comply with applicable water quality requirements. The certifying authority's evaluation is limited to the water quality-related impacts from the activity subject to the Federal license or permit, including the activity's construction and operation.
- (b) Consistent with the scope of review identified in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, a certifying authority shall include any conditions in a grant of certification necessary to assure that the activity will comply with applicable water quality requirements.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 66661, Sept. 27, 2023, unless otherwise noted.