---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 149.104"
title: "40"
number: "149.104"
heading: "Submission of petitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/149.104"
---

# §149.104. Submission of petitions.


Any person may submit a petition requesting the Regional Administrator to review a project to determine if such project may contaminate the aquifer through its recharge zone so as to create a significant hazard to public health. Any such petition shall identify:

- (a) The name, address, and telephone number of the individual, organization, or other entity submitting the petition;
- (b) A brief statement of the requesting person's interest in the Regional Administrator's determination;
- (c) The name of the project and Federal agency involved;
- (d) Applicable action already taken by State and local agencies including establishment of regulations to prevent contamination of the aquifer and why, in the petitioner's judgment, the action was inadequate.
- (e) Any actions taken under the National Environmental Policy Act and why, in the petitioner's judgment, that action was inadequate in regard to evaluation of potential effect on the aquifer.
- (f) The potential contaminants involved;
- (g) The means by which the contaminant might enter the aquifer; and
- (h) **The potential impact of the proposed project.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 42 FR 51574, Sept. 29, 1977, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 52 FR 23986, June 26, 1987.

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1424(e), Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300h-3(e); sec. 1427 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, (42 U.S.C. 300h-6).