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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No net loss policy in the United States (section Command and Control Regulation under the Clean Water Act)
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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United States Environmental Protection Agency (section Freedom of Information Act processing performance)
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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Columbia Basin Initiative (section Salmon restoration)
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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American Rivers (section River restoration)
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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Wetlands and wetland policies in Canada (section A "techno-arrogance" perception of wetlands creation and restoration which permits an increase in wetland destruction)
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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