§ 21.12 State issued statements.
(a) Any State after the effective date of these regulations may submit to the Regional Administrator for his approval an application to conduct a program for issuing statements under this section.
(1) A State submission shall specify the organizational, legal, financial, and administrative resources and procedures that it believes will enable it to conduct the program.
(2) The State program shall constitute an equivalent effort to that required of EPA under this section.
(3) The State organization responsible for conducting the program should be the State water pollution control agency, as defined in section 502 of the Act.
(4) The State submission shall propose a procedure for adjudicating applicant appeals as provided under § 21.9.
(5) The State submission shall identify any existing or potential conflicts of interest on the part of any personnel who will or may review or approve applications.