Clean Water Act and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) of Pollutants

Copeland, Claudia

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Criminal Justice;    Government regulation;    Water quality;    Environmental law enforcement;    Economic policy;   

RP-ID  :  97-831 ENR
RP-ID  :  97-831 ENR 2001-10-30

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act requires states to identify waters that are impaired by pollution, even after application of pollution controls. For those waters, states must establish a total maximum daily load (TMDL) of pollutants to ensure that water quality standards can be attained. Implementation was dormant until recently, when states and EPA were prodded by numerous lawsuits.