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title: O.C.G.A. § 12-5-40. Aid to pollution control and surface-water management — Adoption of rules and regulations regarding application for state grants.
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# O.C.G.A. § 12-5-40. Aid to pollution control and surface-water management — Adoption of rules and regulations regarding application for state grants.

The Board of Natural Resources is empowered to adopt such rules, regulations, and procedures to be followed in applying for state grants authorized in this article as shall be necessary for the effective administration thereof.

## History

Ga. L. 1961, p. 109, § 5; Ga. L. 1964, p. 416, § 29.

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

Water quality control, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, Subject 391-3-6.