Appendix A

Appendix A – 40 CFR 105

Environmental Protection Agency

§ 105.2
SELECTION CRITERIA

the hearing clerk, if it is filed during
the course of the hearing, shall be also
filed with the Presiding Officer. A copy
of each document or paper filed by any
party with the Presiding Officer, with
the hearing clerk, or with the Administrator shall be served upon all other
parties, except to the extent that the
list of parties to be so served may be
modified by order of the Presiding Officer, and each such document or paper
shall be accompanied by a certificate
of such service.
(b) A party may be represented in
any proceeding under this part by an
attorney or other authorized representative. When any document or paper is
required under these rules to be served
upon a party such service shall be
made upon such attorney or other representative.
(c) Except where these rules or an
order of the Presiding Officer require
receipt of a document by a certain
date, any document or paper required
or authorized to be filed by this part
shall be deemed to be filed when postmarked, or in the case of papers delivered other than by mail, when received
by the hearing clerk.
(d) Sundays and legal holidays shall
be included in computing the time allowed for the filing of any document or
paper, provided, that when such time
expires on a Sunday or legal holiday,
such period shall be extended to include the next following business day.

105.10 What do I need to be considered for
an award?
105.11 Who selects the award winners?
105.12 How is the awards review committee
selected?
105.13 How are the awards winners selected?
AWARDS RECOGNITION
105.14 How are award winners notified?
105.15 How are award winners recognized?
105.16 How are award winners publicized?
AUTHORITY: Section 501(a) and (e) of the
Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1361(a) and
(e).
SOURCE: 67 FR 6142, Feb. 8, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

GENERAL
§ 105.1

Background.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Water Act (CWA) Recognition Awards Program is authorized
by CWA section 501(e). The Administrator may provide official recognition
to industrial organizations and political subdivisions of States which during the preceding year demonstrated
an outstanding technological achievement or an innovative process, method
or device in their waste treatment and
pollution abatement programs. The
wastewater management programs can
generally be characterized as waste
treatment and/or pollution abatement
programs. Individual EPA Regional Administrators (and Regional officials
they may designate) also may conduct
Regional CWA Recognition Awards
Programs according to and consistent
with the provisions of this part.

PART 105—RECOGNITION AWARDS
UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT
Sec.

§ 105.2

GENERAL
105.1
105.2
105.3

Background.
Definitions.
Title.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

105.4 What are the requirements for the
Awards Program?
105.5 Who is eligible to win an award?
105.6 What are the Awards Program categories for which I may be eligible?
APPLICATION AND NOMINATION PROCESS
105.7
105.8
105.9

Definitions.

Applicant means the person authorized to complete the application on behalf of an industrial organization or
political subdivision of States.
Application means a completed questionnaire, nomination form, or other
documentation submitted to or by the
States, EPA Regions or headquarters
for consideration of a national CWA
Recognition Award.
I means the applicant for an award.
Industrial organization means any
company,
corporation,
association,
partnership, firm, university, not-forprofit organization, or wastewater

How do I apply for an award?
When can I apply for an award?
How can I get nominated for an award?

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treatment facility, as well as a Federal, State or Tribal government
wastewater treatment facility, or U.S.
military command to the extent such
government and other organizations
operate in an ‘‘industrial’’ capacity in
the treatment of wastes or abatement
of pollution.
Nominee means a candidate recommended by the State or Tribe or
EPA for consideration for a CWA Recognition Award.
Political subdivision of State means a
municipality, city, town, borough,
county, parish, district, association, or
other public body (including an intermunicipal agency of two or more of the
foregoing entities) created by or pursuant to State law.
State means any of the 50 States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and
the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.
State water pollution control agency
means the State agency designated by
the Governing Authority having responsibility for enforcing State laws
relating to the abatement of water pollution.
You means the applicant for an
award.
§ 105.3

their
outstanding
technological
achievement or innovative process,
method or device in their waste treatment and/or pollution abatement programs.
(d) EPA may issue annual guidance
memoranda to administer each year’s
awards programs. For information on
the availability of additional guidance,
contact the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Municipal Assistance
Branch, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Mail Code 4204–M, Washington,
DC 20460. You may also visit EPA’s
Web site at www.epa.gov/owm.
§ 105.5 Who
award?

is

eligible

to

Title.

§ 105.6 What are the Awards Program
categories for which I may be eligible?

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

EPA will publish from time to time,
a notice in the FEDERAL REGISTER announcing the current Awards Program
categories. EPA also may subsequently
discontinue, combine, or rename categories by notice published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

§ 105.4 What are the requirements for
the Awards Program?
(a) EPA will administer the Awards
Program, and should establish annual
guidance as necessary to administer
the Awards Program. EPA will request
from the various offices, and States
and Tribes as appropriate, nominations
for the Awards Program.
(b) Nominees must be in total compliance with all applicable water quality requirements under the CWA in
order to be eligible for an award, and
otherwise have a satisfactory record
with respect to environmental quality.
(c) Nominees must provide written
documentation as evidence to support

APPLICATION AND NOMINATION PROCESS
§ 105.7

How do I apply for an award?

You may contact your local EPA Regional office for information on the
Awards Program guidance each year,
or check the Web site at http://
www.epa.gov/owm/intnet.htm. EPA may
use an application or nomination process, as appropriate for the program or
Region.

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A municipality, city, town, borough,
county, parish, district, association,
government agency, or other public
body, (including an intermunicipal
agency of two or more of the foregoing
entities) created by or pursuant to
State law; a company, corporation, association, partnership, firm, university, not-for-profit organization, or
wastewater treatment facility, as well
as a Federal, State or Tribal government wastewater treatment facility, or
U.S. military command to the extent
such government and other organizations operate in an industrial capacity
in the treatment of wastes or abatement of pollution may be considered
for a recognition award.

The awards are known as the National Clean Water Act Recognition
Awards (hereinafter, the Awards Program).

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§ 105.16

§ 105.8 When can I apply for an award?
You can contact your local EPA Regional office for award submission
deadline information which may vary
for the award categories, or check the
Web site at http://www.epa.gov/owm/
intnet.htm.

§ 105.13 How are the award winners
selected?
Nominees and applications are recommended by EPA regions. EPA personnel conduct compliance evaluations
prior to presenting a national award.
EPA selects national award winners
based on demonstrated evidence of outstanding and/or innovative wastewater
treatment and pollution abatement
programs or projects which result in
environmental benefits, cost savings
and/or public acceptance. Based upon
results of review committee evaluations, the Agency selects first place
winners for a national award in the appropriate awards categories. A second
place winner may or may not be selected. EPA may or may not select an
award winner for every awards program category. Award decisions are
not subject to administrative review.

§ 105.9 How can I get nominated for an
award?
You may apply to, or ask your State,
Tribe or EPA Region to nominate you
for an award. Only applications or
nominations recommended by EPA Regions are considered for the national
award. EPA personnel conduct compliance evaluations prior to presenting a
national award.
SELECTION CRITERIA
§ 105.10 What do I need to be considered for an award?
Your facility or pollution abatement
program must be in total compliance
with all applicable water quality requirements, and otherwise have a satisfactory record with respect to environmental quality. Additionally, your facility or pollution abatement program
must provide written documentation as
evidence of an outstanding technological achievement or an innovative
process, method or device demonstrated in the preceding year, which
resulted in environmental benefits,
cost savings and/or public acceptance.

AWARDS RECOGNITION
§ 105.14 How are award winners notified?
EPA notifies national award winners
by letter.
§ 105.15 How are award winners recognized?
EPA presents national award winners
with a certificate or plaque at an
awards presentation ceremony as recognition for an outstanding technological achievement or an innovative
process, method or device in wastewater treatment and/or pollution
abatement programs. The President of
the United States, the Governor of the
State, or Tribal leader of the jurisdiction reservation in which the awardee
is situated, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President pro
tempore of the Senate are notified by
the Administrator.

§ 105.11 Who selects the award winners?
After EPA receives the completed application, the application is evaluated
by a review committee. After the review committee completes its evaluation of the programs that have been
nominated, they make recommendations for the national awards. EPA
then analyzes the results and selects
the award winners.
§ 105.12 How is the awards review
committee selected?
EPA review committee members are
selected by the EPA and in some cases,
State or Tribal water pollution control
agencies. The number of participants
in a nominations review process is
based on staff availability, and may be
one person.

§ 105.16 How are award winners publicized?
EPA announces the annual national
recognition award winners through notice published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

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