Clean Water Act Sections

Contamination of drinking water supplies can not only occur in the source water but also in the distribution.

Clean water act sections. Section 404 of the clean water act. To require the administrator to permit the discharge of gypsum or gypsum waste into the navigable waters b to affect the procedures and standards applicable to the administrator in issuing permits under section 402 a 1 b of the federal water pollution control act 33 u s c. 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.

Clean water act background. The basis of the cwa was enacted in 1948 and was called the federal water pollution control act but the act was significantly reorganized and expanded in 1972. Clean water act became the act s common name with amendments in 1972.

Section 404 establishes a program to regulate the discharge of dredged and fill material into waters of the united states including wetlands. 1342 a 1 b and. Overview of section 404 pdf text of section 404 33 u s c.

Clean water act section 402. 100 4 313 b 1 substituted 25 000 per day for each violation for 10 000 per day of such violation. 2 stormwater runoff from oil gas and mining operations the administrator shall not require a.

National pollutant discharge elimination system 1 agricultural return flows the administrator shall not require a permit under this section for discharges composed. All waters with a significant nexus to navigable waters are covered under the cwa. Clean water act became the act s common name with amendments in 1972.

The district courts shall have jurisdiction without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties to enforce such an effluent standard or limitation or such an order or to order the administrator to perform such act or duty as the case may be and to apply any appropriate civil penalties under section 1319 d of this title. The clean water act cwa today consists of two parts broadly speaking one being the title ii and title vi provisions which authorize federal financial assistance for municipal sewage treatment plant construction. Clean water act section 303 d.