The division shall be the water pollution control and surface-water resource management agency of the state for all purposes of any federal water pollution control act or any other federal act within the purview of this article and may:
This Code section shall not prohibit the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission from exercising its powers under paragraph (9) of Code Section 2-6-27.
History. Ga. L. 1964, p. 416, § 23; Ga. L. 1977, p. 368, § 4; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2245, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 644, § 1-3/SB 342.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2008, p. 644, § 1-1/SB 342, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This part shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Water Conservation and Drought Relief Act.’ ”
Ga. L. 2008, p. 644, § 5-1/SB 342, not codified by the General Assembly, provides in part that the amendment to this Code section shall apply to all applications pending on or after July 1, 2008.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources
Article 2 - Control of Water Pollution and Surface-Water Use
§ 12-5-21. Declaration of Policy; Legislative Intent
§ 12-5-23.2. Waste-Water Discharge Limitations; Schedule of Construction Milestones; Penalties
§ 12-5-23.3. Privatization of Waste-Water Treatment Facilities
§ 12-5-24. Power of Director to Enter Into Contracts and Compacts Regarding Surface-Water Management
§ 12-5-25. Investigations by Division; Institution of Proceedings by Division
§ 12-5-27. Authority to Require Owner or Operator of Facility to Cooperate With Division
§ 12-5-27.1. Sale or Use of Cleaning Agents Containing Phosphorus
§ 12-5-28. Annual Reports by Division
§ 12-5-30.1. Major Spills by Publicly Owned Treatment Works
§ 12-5-30.2. Combined Sewer Overflow Systems
§ 12-5-30.3. Sludge Land Application Systems
§ 12-5-30.4. Establishment of Water Emergency Response Procedures
§ 12-5-31.1. Applications, Permits, and Variances for Public Water Supply Reservoirs
§ 12-5-34. Aid to Pollution Control and Surface-Water Management — Amount of State Grant
§ 12-5-36. Aid to Pollution Control and Surface-Water Management — Consistency With Federal Acts
§ 12-5-38.1. Administration of Funds; Water Pollution Control and Drinking Water Revolving Funds
§ 12-5-43. Administrative Hearings
§ 12-5-45. Judgment in Accordance With Division’s Order
§ 12-5-46. Effect of Article on Rights of Action
§ 12-5-47. Emergency Orders; Hearing
§ 12-5-49. Representation of Division and Its Agents by Attorney General and His Staff