---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 35.160"
title: "40"
number: "35.160"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/35.160"
---

# §35.160. Purpose.

- (a) **Purpose of section.** [Sections 35.160 through 35.168](/cfr/40/35.160..35.168.md) govern Water Pollution Control Grants to State and interstate agencies (as defined in section 502 of the Clean Water Act) authorized under [section 106](/cfr/40/106.md) of the Clean Water Act.
- (b) **Purpose of program.** Water Pollution Control Grants are awarded to assist in administering programs for the prevention, reduction, and elimination of water pollution, including programs for the development and implementation of ground-water protection strategies. Some of these activities may also be eligible for funding under [sections 104(b)(3)](/cfr/40/104.md?p=b-3) (Water Quality Cooperative Agreements and Wetlands Development Grants), 205(j)(2) (Water Quality Management Planning), and [section 205(g)](/cfr/40/205.md?p=g) (State Administration Grants) of the Clean Water Act. (See §§ 35.160, [35.360](/cfr/40/35.360.md), [35.380](/cfr/40/35.380.md), [35.400](/cfr/40/35.400.md), and [35.410](/cfr/40/35.410.md).)
- (c) **Associated program requirements.** Program requirements for water quality planning and management activities are provided in [40 CFR part 130](/cfr/40/part130.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 13101 et seq.; Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-299 (1996); Pub. L. 105-65, 111 Stat. 1344, 1373 (1997).

### Source

Source: 66 FR 1734, Jan. 9, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 13101 et seq.; Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-299 (1996); Pub. L. 105-65, 111 Stat. 1344, 1373 (1997), 2 CFR 200.