---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 35.610"
title: "40"
number: "35.610"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/35.610"
---

# §35.610. Purpose.

- (a) **Purpose of section.** [Sections 35.610 through 35.615](/cfr/40/35.610..35.615.md) govern wetlands development grants to Tribes and Intertribal Consortia under [section 104(b)(3)](/cfr/40/104.md?p=b-3) of the Clean Water Act. These sections do not govern wetlands development grants under [section 104(b)(3)](/cfr/40/104.md?p=b-3) to organizations that do not meet the definitions of Tribe or Intertribal Consortium in [§ 35.502](/cfr/40/35.502.md).
- (b) **Purpose of program.** EPA awards wetlands development grants to assist in the development of new, or the refinement of existing, wetlands protection and management programs.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 3795, Jan. 16, 2001, as amended at 79 FR 76055, Dec. 19, 2014]

### 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); Pub. L. 105-276, 112 Stat. 2461, 2499 (1988).

### Source

Source: 66 FR 3795, Jan. 16, 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.

### Amendments

[66 FR 3795, Jan. 16, 2001, as amended at 79 FR 76055, Dec. 19, 2014]