Water quality standards in a federal system
- Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Water Resources Administration
One of the most intriguing aspects of Albuquerque v. Browner is the new perspective it casts on the role played by water quality standards in the national effort to protect and improve water quality. The thesis that the author suggests here is that the standard setting provisions of the Clean Water Act have received too little attention by Congress, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and academic commentators in relationship to the important role that they now play in the Act. A consequence of this national inattention is that the issues that are raised so prominently in the Browner litigation were not anticipated by Congress when it enacted the tribes as states provision of the Clean Water Act, nor did EPA adopt a particularly thoughtful approach to conflicts that would invariably arise under this section. Problems with diverse jurisdictions are described.
- OSTI ID:
- 415635
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9411293-; TRN: IM9704%%266
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 39. annual Mexico water conference: water future of Albuquerque and middle Rio Grande Basin, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 3-4 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of The water future of Albuquerque and Middle Rio Grande Basin: Proceedings of the 39. annual New Mexico water conference. WRRI report number 290; PB: 454 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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