Home Authority The Spills and Complaints Response Program enforces the following: Surface water quality standards: Austin City Code (Title VI, Chapter 6-5) Groundwater or soil remediation standards: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (512-339-2929) State surface water quality rules (State statutes give cities authority to enforce state standards: Texas Water Code Title 2, Subtitle D, Water Quality Control), Chapter 26 Texas Administrative Codes (31 TAC, Chapters 307 and 321) Federal guidelines Clean Water Act (Federal Pollution Control Act of 1972/1977) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (40 CFR 198-299) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System of 1990 (40 CFR 122, 124)