---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 125.120"
title: "40"
number: "125.120"
heading: "Scope and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/125.120"
---

# §125.120. Scope and purpose.


This subpart establishes guidelines for issuance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for the discharge of pollutants from a point source into the territorial seas, the contiguous zone, and the oceans.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 45 FR 65953, Oct. 3, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: The Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 32948, June 7, 1979, unless otherwise noted.