---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 35.260"
title: "40"
number: "35.260"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/35.260"
---

# §35.260. Purpose.

- (a) **Purpose of section.** [Sections 35.260 through 35.268](/cfr/40/35.260..35.268.md) govern Nonpoint Source Management Grants to States (as defined in section 502 of the Clean Water Act) authorized under [section 319](/cfr/40/319.md) of the Act.
- (b) **Purpose of program.** Nonpoint Source Management Grants may be awarded for the implementation of EPA-approved nonpoint source management programs, including ground-water quality protection activities, that will advance the implementation of a comprehensive approved nonpoint source management program.

## 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.