---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 142.302"
title: "40"
number: "142.302"
heading: "Who can issue a small system variance?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/142.302"
---

# §142.302. Who can issue a small system variance?


A small system variance under this subpart may only be issued by either:

- (a) A State that is exercising primary enforcement responsibility under Subpart B for public water systems under the State's jurisdiction; or
- (b) The Administrator, for a public water system in a State which does not have primary enforcement responsibility.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 63 FR 43848, Aug. 14, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300f, 300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4, 300g-5, 300g-6, 300j-4, 300j-9, and 300j-11.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 2918, Jan. 20, 1976, unless otherwise noted.