Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110

§1385 Corrective Action

Title 33 › CHAPTER 26 — WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL › SUBCHAPTER VI — STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING FUNDS › § 1385

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must tell a State if it fails to follow its agreement under section 1382 or any other rule in this part. The notice will say what the State must fix. If the State does not fix the problem within 60 days after getting the notice, the Administrator will stop sending more money until satisfied. If the State still hasn’t fixed it within 12 months, the stopped payments will be redistributed using the most recent funding formula.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §1385

Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Notification of noncompliance

If the Administrator determines that a State has not complied with its agreement with the Administrator under section 1382 of this title or any other requirement of this subchapter, the Administrator shall notify the State of such noncompliance and the necessary corrective action.

(b)Withholding of payments

If a State does not take corrective action within 60 days after the date a State receives notification of such action under subsection (a), the Administrator shall withhold additional payments to the State until the Administrator is satisfied that the State has taken the necessary corrective action.

(c)Reallotment of withheld payments

If the Administrator is not satisfied that adequate corrective actions have been taken by the State within 12 months after the State is notified of such actions under subsection (a), the payments withheld from the State by the Administrator under subsection (b) shall be made available for reallotment in accordance with the most recent formula for allotment of funds under this subchapter.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 1385

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110