---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 144.40"
title: "40"
number: "144.40"
heading: "Termination of permits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/144.40"
---

# §144.40. Termination of permits.

- (a) The Director may terminate a permit during its term, or deny a permit renewal application for the following causes:
  - (1) Noncompliance by the permittee with any condition of the permit;
  - (2) The permittee's failure in the application or during the permit issuance process to disclose fully all relevant facts, or the permittee's misrepresentation of any relevant facts at any time; or
  - (3) A determination that the permitted activity endangers human health or the environment and can only be regulated to acceptable levels by permit modification or termination;
- (b) The Director shall follow the applicable procedures in [part 124](/cfr/40/part124.md) in terminating any permit under this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 14189, Apr. 1, 1983, unless otherwise noted.