[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR20.7]

[Page 241]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 20_CERTIFICATION OF FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 20.7  General policies.

    (a) The general policies of the United States for cooperation with 
the States in the prevention and abatement of water pollution are: To 
enhance the quality and value of our water resources; to eliminate or 
reduce the pollution of the nation's waters and tributaries thereof; to 
improve the sanitary condition of surface and underground waters; and to 
conserve such waters for public water supplies, propagation of fish and 
aquatic life and wildlife, recreational purposes, and agricultural, 
industrial, and other legitimate uses.
    (b) The general policy of the United States for cooperation with the 
States in the prevention and abatement of air pollution is to cooperate 
with and to assist the States and local governments in protecting and 
enhancing the quality of the Nation's air resources by the prevention 
and abatement of conditions which cause or contribute to air pollution 
which endangers the public health or welfare.