Federal Water Pollution Control Act
86 Stat. 816 - An Act to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Citation. 86 Stat. 816 ; Pages. 816 - 903 ; Law Number. Public Law 92-500 ; Date Approved. October 18, 1972 ; Full Title. An Act to amend the Federal Water ...
The Clean Water Act At 50: How We Got Here And Where We Need ...
The 1948 Federal Water Pollution Control Act created an unsuccessful construction loan program for wastewater treatment facilities. In 1956 ...
33 U.S. Code Chapter 26 - WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND ...
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, comprising this chapter, was originally enacted by act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, 62 Stat. 1155, and amended by acts ...
Technically, the name of the law is the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The first FWPCA was enacted in 1948, but took on its modern form when ...
Clean-Water-Act-Federal-Water-Pollution-Control-Act.pdf
1 Federal Water Pollution Control Act [Chapter 758 of the 80th Congress] [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.] ; 2 Sec. 101 FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT eliminate the ...
Clean Water Act (CWA) | Definition, Provisions, & Facts | Britannica
... for the environment and for the condition of the nation's waters. It served as a major revision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of.
Environmental Law: The Clean Water Act - LawShelf
Federal lawmakers took action by passing the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, now commonly known as the Clean Water Act.[ii] Today, the ...
Clean Water Act - Department of Justice
The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) amended the Clean Water Act's prior enforcement provisions applicable to oil spills, following the 1989 ...
816 public law 92-500-oct. 18, 1972 - GovInfo
Federal Water. Pollution Control. Act Amendments of 1972. 70 Stat. 498;. 84 Stat. 91. 33 u s e 1151 note. Public Law 92 ...
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1948) | Encyclopedia.com
The legislation applied only to interstate waters, eliminating from protection under the act heavily polluted waters that were wholly contained within one state ...
50 Years of the Clean Water Act
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 that had been in place was the first major U.S. law to address water pollution issues. However, it was not ...
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Public Law 92–500) - AIChE
More commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act (CWA), constitutes the basic federal water pollution control statute for the United States.
Congress reacted to these problems by passing the Water Pollution Control Act of 1948. This Act authorized the federal government to help local governments ...
Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States” - Federal Register
Congress enacted the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-500, 86 Stat. 816, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
33 U.S. Code § 1251 - Congressional declaration of goals and policy
It is the policy of Congress that the authority of each State to allocate quantities of water within its jurisdiction shall not be superseded, abrogated or ...
Clean Water Act | National Wildlife Federation
The Clean Water Act is the primary federal law that protects our nation's rivers, lakes, coasts, streams, and wetlands from being polluted or physically ...
40 CFR Part 401 -- General Provisions - eCFR
(f) Section 307(b) provides that the Administrator shall establish pretreatment standards which shall prevent the discharge of any pollutant into publicly owned ...
Clean Water Act Overview - National Agricultural Law Center
Only discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States (“WOTUS”) are covered by the CWA and can therefore be federally regulated, potentially requiring ...
S. 2770, Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, introduced by Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, reorganized and expanded earlier legislation regulating ...
Veto of Bill To Amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
The bill would authorize an increase in Federal grants to municipalities for assistance in the construction of sewage treatment works from $50 million to $90 ...