Water Quality Committee
The past year, 1978, was marked by significant developments in the water quality field. The focus of Clean Water Act litigation has shifted from the effluent guidelines controversy to questions involving deadline extensions, effluent standards for toxic pollutants, and the administration and enforcement of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the states. A district court decision invalidated EPA regulations governing hazardous substances under Section 311 of the Act and led to hasty legislation to revive EPA's Section 311 program. The EPA meanwhile published effluent guidelines and standards of performance for additional industrial categories, continued with its programs to establish best available technology effluent limitations for toxic pollutants, and began to implement the 1977 Amendments to the Act. It also adopted or proposed comprehensive amendments to its regulations governing grants, water quality planning and management, and the NPDES program. These and other highlights of 1978 Clean Water Act developments are reviewed.
- OSTI ID:
- 5685809
- Journal Information:
- Nat. Resour. Lawyer; (United States), Journal Name: Nat. Resour. Lawyer; (United States) Vol. 12:1; ISSN NRLAD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AMENDMENTS
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
LAWS
LEGAL ASPECTS
LEGISLATION
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL
RESOURCES
TOXIC MATERIALS
WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCES