Federal regulations that constitute the national program for issuing, modifying, revoking, re-issuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing permits, and enforcing pretreatment requirements for point source discharges to surface waters under the Clean Water Act, Section 402.
Created in 1972 under the Clean Water Act to authorize discharges to local receiving waters only pursuant to government permits, in an effort to reduce point source pollutants.
established by Section 402 of the Clean Water Act, this federally mandated permit system is used for regulating point sources, which include discharges from industrial and municipal facilities and also stormwater discharges from discrete conveyances such as pipes or channels.
NPDES): A national program under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act for regulation of discharges of pollutants from point sources to waters of the United States. Discharges are illegal unless authorized by an NPDES permit.
EPA-administered program authorized by the Clean Water Act to monitor wastewater to surface and groundwater. NPDES elements include industrial and sanitary wastewater discharge permitting programs and stormwater permitting programs.
A program established under the Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972 to control the discharge of pollutants to surface waters from point sources. The CWA gives USEPA the authority to issue permits, including pollutant limits and other requirements. USEPA has delegated this authority to the States of New York and New Jersey.
The national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing permits, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements.
A provision of the Clean Water Act which prohibits discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States unless a special permit is issued by EPA, a state, or, where delegated, a tribal government on an Indian reservation.
Compare? The primary permitting program under the Clean Water Act which regulates all discharges to surface water.
Permitting for storm & waste water systems to implement the CWA.
A provision of the Clean Water Act that prohibits discharge of pollutants into U.S. waters unless a special permit is issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, a state, or, where delegated, a tribal government on an Indian reservation. Mirant holds NPDES permits for all facilities that require them.
A requirement in the federal Clean Water Act for dischargers to obtain permits. EPA is responsible for administering this program in Massachusetts.
A nationwide program requiring industrial, municipal, and other point source dischargers to obtain permits setting forth specific limitations on the discharge of pollutants into navigable U.S. waters.
Two-phased surface water quality program authorized by Congress as part of the 1987 Clean Water Act
A permit program under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act that imposes discharge limitations on point sources by basing them on the effluent limitation capabilities of a control technology or on local water-quality standards (USEPA Region 5).
A broad regulatory program that seeks to control water pollution by regulating point (sewage discharge) and non-point (runoff discharge) into streams, lakes and bays of the United States. The federal program is implemented at the state and local level via water pollution control plans and a permit system for sewage discharge, as well as runoff from construction sites, urban areas and farmland.
The permitting process by which technology-based and water quality-based controls are implemented.
Created in 1972 under a WPCA Amendment, it prohibits the discharge of any pollutant without a permit.
A provision of the Clean Water Act that prohibits discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States unless a special permit is issued by the U.S. EPA, a state, or other delegated agency.
(NPDES) - (3) a process for controlling the amount of pollution discharged into waters by requiring polluters to obtain NPDES permits from the states involved and to comply with discharge standards. The NPDES is mandated by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments.
