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<br />~ <br />co <br />Q) <br />'"-1 <br /> <br />OR OTHER FACTORSJ HAD SUBSTANTIAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL PROBLEMS. <br />THE GOVERNOR, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH APPROPRIATE ELECTED AND OTHER <br />OFFICIALS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, WAS TO DESIGNATE THE BOUNDARIES OF <br />EACH SUCH AREA, AND A SINGLE REPRESENTATIVE ORr,ANIZATION, INCLUDING <br />ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR THEIR DESIGNEESJ CAPABLE <br />OF DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE AREAWIDE WASTE TREATMENT MANAGEMENT PLANS <br />FOR SUCH AREA, TilE GOVERNOR COULD IN THE SA"lE !1ANNER AT ANY LATER <br />TIME IDENTIFY ANY ADDITIONAL AREA FOR WHICH tiE DETERMINED AREAWIDE <br />WASTE TREAnlENT MANAGEMENT TO BE APPROPRIATE. <br /> <br />THE GOVERNOR ACTUALLY HAD TWO OPTIONS ~OR DESIGNATION UNDER <br />SECTION 208, HE COULD DESIGNATE ARE:AS AND PLANNING AGENCIES FOR <br />208 PLANNING OR HE COULD NON-DESIGNATE PORTIONS OF THE STATE, OR <br />HE COULD NON-DESIGNATE THE ENTIRE STATE, IF THE GOVERNOR FAILED <br />TO ACTJ EITHER BY DESIGNATING OR DETERMINING NOT TO MAKE A <br />DESIGNATIONJ THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIUS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS <br />WITHIN AN AREA COULD, BY AGREEMENT, DESIGNATE AN IRE A AND A PLANNING <br />ORGANIZATION TO DEVELOP AN AREAWIDE PLAN FOR SUCH AREA, SECTION 208 <br />FURTHER STATES THAT FOR ALL AREAS NOT DESIGNATED FOR AREAWIDE PLANNING <br />BY LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THE STATE SHALL ACT AS THE PLANNING AGENCY. <br />FINALLYJ ALL DESIGNATED AREAS AND PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE <br />APPROVED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. <br /> <br />FOR SOME TIME AFTER THE ENACTMENT OF P.L. 92-500 THE GENERAL <br />INTERPRETATION OF SECTION 208 WAS THAT VERY LITTLE IF ANY 208 TYPE <br />PLANNING WOULD BE DEVELOPED OUTSIDE OF DESIGNATED AREAS. HOWEVER, <br />A RECENT COURT DECISION HAS DIRECTED THE E.P.A. TO PREPARE <br /> <br />- 2 - <br />