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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-5-36. Aid to pollution control and surface-water management — Consistency with federal acts.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-5-36. Aid to pollution control and surface-water management — Consistency with federal acts.

The determination of the relative need for, the priority of, and the standards of construction for federally assisted water pollution control projects shall be consistent with the provisions of Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-500), 33 U.S.C. Section 1281, et seq., as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-217), or as may hereafter be amended.

## History

Ga. L. 1961, p. 109, § 4; Ga. L. 1964, p. 416, § 28; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2245, § 4.