The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948, amended beginning in 1956 to become the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972. Congress passed the original Clean Water Act in 1972 and amended it with the Water Quality Act of 1987. The major impact of the 1987 amendments was to include a permitting process and requirements for municipal storm water discharges.
(33 USCA 1365 (1972, 1977)): Administered by the U.S. EPA, a federal-state partnership where the EPA sets permissable levels of discharge for different industrial categories, based on the performance of the Best Available Technology (BAT), states issue Nation Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitts based on federal standards, backed up by on-site ambient water quality requirements; state enforcement of permits is backed up by the federal EP
The primary federal law that protects our nation's waters, including lakes, rivers, aquifers, and coastal areas. The CWA provides a comprehensive framework of standards, technical tools, and financial assistance to address the causes of pollution and improve water quality.
a Federal law that controls the discharge of pollutants into surface water in a number of ways, including discharge permits
the Clean Water Act is a 1977 amendment to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 which set the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants to waters in the United States. The law gave the EPA authority to set effluent standards on an industry basis and continued the requirements to set water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters. The CWA makes it unlawful to discharge any pollutant into a navigable water unless a NPDES permit is obtained under the Act. The CWA was reauthorized in 1987. The reauthorization focused on toxic substances, authorized citizen suit provisions and funded sewage plants under the Construction Grants Program.
Also known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).
An act passed by the U.S. Congress to control water pollution (formerly referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972). Public Law 92-500, as amended. 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
The name given to a series of water-quality improvement laws and their amendments passed in the United States beginning in 1964.
(CWA) The Superfund law incorporates those substances listed as hazardous water pollutants under section 311 (b)(4) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) as CERCLA hazardous substances. Section 311 of the CWA also addresses pollution from oil and hazardous substance releases, providing EPA and the U.S. Coast Guard with the authority to establish a program for preventing, preparing for, and responding to oil spills and hazardous substance releases that occur in navigable waters of the United States
The Clean Water Act is an act originally passed in 1972 by the U.S. Congress to control water pollution.
The Clean Water Act (formerly referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972), Public Law 92-500, as amended by Public Law 96-483 and Public Law 97-117, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. The Clean Water Act (CWA) contains a number of provisions to restore and maintain the quality of the nation's water resources. One of these provisions is section 303(d), which establishes the TMDL program.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, as amended in 1977. The Act established the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States. It gave EPA the authority to implement pollution control programs such as setting wastewater standards for industry. The Clean Water Act also continued requirements to set water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters. The Act made it unlawful for any person to discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters, unless a permit was obtained under its provisions. It also funded the construction of sewage treatment plants under the construction grants program and recognized the need for planning to address the critical problems posed by non-point source pollution.
1972 Congressional act designed to protect the nation's water resources, including regulation of pollution and sewage treatment.
The law that establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States. The Clean Water Act prohibits unpermitted discharges of any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters and recognizes the critical problems posed by nonpoint source pollution. Section 320 of the Clean Water Act directs EPA to develop plans for attaining or maintaining water quality in estuaries. This includes protection of public water supplies and the protection and propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife, and allows recreational activities in and on the water.
Federal regulation regarding pollution control for discharges to surface waters of the United States.
The federal water quality control law governing surface waters establishing water quality objectives, waste discharge standards, and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
a law enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1972 and enforced by the federal Environmental Protection Agency nationally and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management locally. The Clean Water Act established three main goals: "zero discharge" or the elimination of polluting discharges to the nation's waters by 1985; "fishable and swimable waters" or the restoration and protection of water quality and wildlife habitat; and "no toxics in toxic amounts" or the prohibition of the discharge of toxic pollutants in amounts that are toxic to the environment or life.
The principal federal legislation directed at protecting water quality for fish, shellfish and wildlife.
a federal act enacted by Congress in 1972 to establish uniform national standards to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of our nation's waters.
Set of laws passed in 1972 to regulate water pollution in the US. This was the first-ever federal regulation of water pollution, and it gave the EPA the right to set standards and enforce them. The goal of this act was to completely stop the discharge of pollutants into the Waters of the United States and make all bodies of water in the US fishable and swimmable. Making this happen is very difficult and expensive because it's not always easy to find out who is polluting.
Legislation that provides statutory authority for the NPDES program; Public law 92-500; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. Also known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act enacted in 1972 by Public Law 92-500 and amended by the Water Quality Act of 1987. The Clean Water Act prohibits the discharge of pollutants to Waters of the United States unless said discharge is in accordance with an NPDES permit. The 1987 amendments include guidelines for regulating municipal, industrial, and construction storm water discharges under the NPDES program.
Adopted in 1972, it evolved from the 1948 Water Pollution Control Act (WPCA) and established the national goal to "restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the nation's surface waters."
Federal law enacted to regulate/reduce water pollution. CWA is administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Federal legislation administered by the U.S. EPA that serves as the primary means of protecting and regulating the surface water quality of the United States.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 and subsequent amendments in 1977, 1981, and 1987 (commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act). The Act established a regulatory system for navigable waters in the United States, whether on public or private land. The Act set national policy to eliminate discharge of water pollutants into navigable waters, to regulate discharge of toxic pollutants, and to prohibit discharge of pollutants from point source without permits. Most importantly it authorized EPA to set water quality criteria for states to use to establish water quality standards.
An act (law) passed by the U.S. Congress to control water pollution. First passes as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in 1972 (Public Law [PL] 92500), it was later amended in 1977 (the Clean Water Act, PL 95217) and again in 1987 (the Water Quality Act, PL 1004).
The U.S. federal law enacted to force industries and municipalities to reduce and ultimately prevent pollution of navigable waters.
Federal legislation to protect the nation's water and set state water quality standards for interstate navigable waters as the basis for pollution control and enforcement. The main objective is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters.
The Clean Water Act, , et seq., was passed into law in 1972 and is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Commonly abbreviated as the CWA, the act established the symbolic goals of eliminating releases to water of toxic amounts of toxic substances, eliminating additional water pollution by 1985, and ensuring that surface waters would meet standards necessary for human sports and recreation by 1983.