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Title of Listing:
Clean Water Act of 1977 (CWA)
Category:
Federal/National - Laws and Regulations
Subcategory:
Laws/Statutes, All Listings
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Web Site:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/33/ch26.html#I
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Abstract:

Citation: Public Law Number 95-217; Title 33 USC Section 1251 et seq

          The 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 waters of the United States.

          The law gave EPA the authority to set effluent standards on an industry basis (technology-based) and continued the requirements to set water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters. The CWA makes it unlawful for any person to discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters unless a permit (NPDES) is obtained under the Act.

          The 1977 amendments focused on toxic pollutants. In 1987, the CWA was reauthorized and again focused on toxic substances, authorized citizen suit provisions, and funded sewage treatment plants (POTWs) under the Construction Grants Program.

          The CWA provisions for the delegation by EPA of many permitting, administrative, and enforcement aspects of the law to state governments. In states with the authority to implement CWA programs, EPA still retains oversight responsibilities.
Topics
Laws/Statutes

Additional Topics/Tags/Keywords
Federal Statutes, U.S. Code (USC), Federal Laws, Public Laws

Organization:
Cornell University, Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute USC
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Myron Taylor Hall
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City:
Ithaca
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Cornell University Operator (607) 255-3527
State/Province/Territory:
NY
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Zip/Postal Code:
14853
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United States
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