• 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Clean Waters Restoration Act. The previous year's Water Quality Act required the states to establish and enforce...
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    navigable waters" are covered by the Clean Water Act, narrowing the application of the Clean Water Rule. The 2015 rule ensures that Clean Water Act (CWA)...
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    Pollution Act of 1961 Oil Pollution Act of 1973 Oil Pollution Act of 1990 Refuse Act of 1899 Rivers and Harbors Act "Clean Water Restoration Act of 1966...
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  • legislation have been passed. The Clean Water Act (CWA) was passed in the US Congress in 1972 to protect national waters. The United Nations Environment...
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    United States waters if interstate commerce is affected. The Clean Water Act (CWA), in particular §404, regulates discharge into "waters of the United...
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    river basins. ACWP guidelines are in accordance with the goals of the Clean Water Act (CWA) set by the US Environmental Protection Agency in 1972. The CWA...
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    and renamed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to add funding for broadband access, clean water and electric grid renewal in addition to the transportation...
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    19, 2000). "Everglades Restoration Plan Hits Rough Waters", Science, 288 (5469), pp. 1166–1167. "Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2000". The Journey...
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    Coastal Health (BEACH) Act, was authorized in a 2000 amendment to the Clean Water Act. The program focus is on coastal recreational waters, and requires EPA...
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    Washington and Oregon to provide over $1 billion in funds for salmon restoration and clean energy production. The agreement comes after over twenty years of...
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  • help achieve water quality goals in a way that is consistent with the Clean Water Act, is based in sound science, and provides sufficient accountability...
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    than those listed as "Waters of the United States" in 33 CFR 328, which is the Clean Water Rule. However, all Navigable Waters, plus those considered...
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  • load (TMDL) is a regulatory term in the U.S. Clean Water Act, describing a plan for restoring impaired waters that identifies the maximum amount of a pollutant...
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    large-scale oyster restoration as its deeper waters provide more adequate conditions for restoration. Previous oyster reef restoration sites were located...
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    caused the spill for violations of the Clean Water Act. The subcontractor pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act on March 18, 2021 in the case brought...
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    procedures for cleaning up oil spills, and protocols for the detection, monitoring, containment, and removal of oil spills, and the restoration of affected...
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  • headquartered in Washington, D.C. American Rivers advocates for the restoration of rivers and streams that have been damaged by human activity. Primarily...
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  • Park Clean Air Act Clean Air Act (1970) Clean Air Act (1990) Clean Air Act 1956 Clean Development Mechanism Clean Up Australia Clean Water Act Clear...
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    1966 Clean Water Restoration Act authorized a study to determine the effects of pollution on wildlife, recreation, and water supplies. The Act also set...
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  • quality have been released since 2016. To state the nation's waters as being at record clean levels is also inaccurate since while a report was issued in...
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    restore estuary habitats in 2000 with the Estuary Restoration Act (ERA). The ERA aims to promote restoration through leveraging public-private relationships...
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    permitted by the Clean Water Act were designed. This monitoring also is used as a contingency measure. If unforeseen events impact the restoration function,...
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    damage protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration. Civil works is also tasked with administering the Clean Water Act Section 404 program, including recreation...
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  • appellate court based its opinion on the "unitary waters" theory, which is an interpretation of the Clean Water Act which treats all bodies of water in the United...
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  • reclamation, restoring land that has been mined to a usable state Stream restoration, improving the environmental health of streams and rivers Street reclamation...
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    unauthorized changes to party affiliations. 3. CS/HB 165 (Sampling of Beach Waters and Public Bathing Spaces): Establishes a statewide system to notify the...
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  • take of all living marine resources except for take pursuant to habitat restoration, maintenance dredging and operation and maintenance of artificial structures...
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    water, making cleaning up more difficult and the skimming method less effective. Several organizations worked together to create a restoration plan following...
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    Inuvialuit Water Board (2014). "Waters Act S.N.W.T. 2014,c.18" (PDF). Inuvialuit Water Board (2019). "Environmental Rights Act S.N.W.T. 2019,c.19" (PDF). Legislative...
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    and groundwater. In New Jersey, the federal Clean Water Act and the state Water Pollution Control Act are the most significant pieces of water pollution...
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