Clean Water Act

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-005164",
  "term": "Clean Water Act",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. To provide for water pollution control activities in the Public Health Service of the Federal Security Agency and in the Federal Works Agency, and for other purposes.\n\n2. CWA is a 1977 amendment to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, which set the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants to U.S. waters. This law gave EPA the authority to set wastewater discharge standards on an industry-by-industry basis and to set water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters.\n\n3. The Clean Water Act (formerly referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972), Public Law 92-500, as amended by Public Law 96-483 and Public Law 97-117, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. The Clean Water Act (CWA) contains a number of provisions to restore and maintain the quality of the nation's water resources. One of these provisions is section 303(d), which establishes the TMDL program.\n\n4. An act passed by the U.S. Congress to control water pollution (formerly referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972). Public Law 92-500, as amended. 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.\n\n5. The series of legislative acts that form the foundation for protection of U.S. water resources, including the Water Quality Act of 1965, Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, Clean Water Act of 1977, and Water Quality Act of 1987. CWA Secs. 305(b) and 303(d) deal specifically with water quality assessment and TMDL development.\n\n6. The Clean Water Act (formerly referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972), Public Law 92-500, as amended by Public Law 96-483 and Public Law 97-117, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.\n\n7. A Federal law that controls the discharge of pollutants into surface water in a number of ways, including discharge permits.\n\n8. Common name for the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Its purpose is to \"restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the nation's waters,\" whether on public or private land. It authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set water quality criteria for states to use to establish water quality standards.\n\n9. See http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/cwa.html. The Superfund law incorporates those substances listed as hazardous water pollutants under section 311 (b)(4) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) as CERCLA hazardous substances. Section 311 of the CWA also addresses pollution from oil and hazardous substance releases, providing EPA and the U.S. Coast Guard with the authority to establish a program for preventing, preparing for, and responding to oil spills and hazardous substance releases that occur in navigable waters of the United States.\n\n10. The common name for the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Public Law 92-500; 33 U.S.C. section 1251 et seq.; the statutory authority for both the NPDES Permit Program and the National Pretreatment Program.\n\n11. The Act that sets the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants to surface waters of the United States. CWA imposes contaminant limitations or guidelines for all discharges of wastewater into the nation's waterways.\n\n12. The Clean Water Act is a statute passed by the U.S. Congress to control water pollution. It was formerly referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 or Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92-500), 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., as amended by: Public Law 96-483; Public Law 97-117; Public Laws 95-217, 97-117, 97-440, and 100.04.\n\n13. Common name for the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, which restructured and expanded the federal government's authority for water pollution control and consolidated authority in the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.\n\n14. The Clean Water Act (CWA) establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. See https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-act",
  "abbreviation": "CWA",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "P.L. 80-845",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary; Biocriteria Glossary",
    "Total Maximum Daily Loads (303d) Glossary; Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads Glossary",
    "Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology",
    "Superfund for Students and Teachers Glossary",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Superfund Acronyms",
    "Pretreatment Acronyms and Glossary",
    "RCRA Orientation Manual 2008 Glossary",
    "NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary",
    "Aquatic Resources Awareness Course for Real Estate Appraisers Glossary",
    "Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELG) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/clean-water-act/"
}