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Authors: Joel M. Gross
ISBN-13: 9781590312421, ISBN-10: 1590312422
Format: Paperback
Publisher: American Bar Association
Date Published: June 2006
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Joel M. Gross

Book Synopsis

A quick reference to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, commonly known as the Clean Water Act, this book explains the statute and the 1972 Amendments that created a system of permits and regulations to govern the discharge of pollutants into the nation's waters and publicly owned treatment works. Covers NPDES permitting process, wetlands, discharge of hazardous substances, wet-weather discharges from point sources, and reducing nonpoint source pollution.

Table of Contents

1Executive summary1
2History of the Clean Water Act5
3General prohibition of discharges15
4NPDES overview25
5Technology-based standards37
6Water-quality-based effluent limitations47
7Regulations of publicly owned treatment works, and pretreatment requirement for dischargers to POTWs61
8Regulation of wetlands75
9Discharges and spills of oil and hazardous substances91
10Wet-weather discharges from point sources101
11Reducing nonpoint source pollution113
12Enforcement119

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