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Clean Water Act of 1972 (CWA)

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-000793

A federal law in the United States that governs water pollution. This act establishes the basic structure for regulating pollutant discharges into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. It made it unlawful to discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters without a permit.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-000793
FieldInsurance and risk management
SubjectCommercial Liability
AbbreviationCWA
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-INS-000793",
  "term": "Clean Water Act of 1972 (CWA)",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A federal law in the United States that governs water pollution. This act establishes the basic structure for regulating pollutant discharges into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. It made it unlawful to discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters without a permit.",
  "abbreviation": "CWA",
  "subject": "Commercial Liability",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/clean-water-act-of-1972-cwa/"
}

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