Public enforcement of the Clean Water Act (CWA) has been characterized by the increased use of criminal sanctions over the past decade. This sanctioning trend has developed in direct response to the passage of the Sentencing Reform Act (SRA) as part of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of ...
Section 401 of the Clean Water Act provides that a federal agency may not issue a permit or license to conduct any activity that could result in a discharge into waters of the United States unless a Section 401 water quality certification is issued, ...
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In January 2023, the Agency released a proposed updated draft of its National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (NECI), which EPA states are established to “focus resources on serious and widespread environmental problems where federal enforcement can make a difference.” For the upcoming 2024...
Confusing matters further, due to the criteria established in the CWA by Congress, upland habitat adjacent to waters of the U.S. itself often includes non-jurisdictional, riparian habitat. Loss of this non-jurisdictional upland habitat clearly affects the waters of the U.S., especially as ...
The Clean Water Act (CWA) was passed in 1972. Section 404 and two other provisions of the CWA made it compulsory to avoid and minimize the impact on designated water bodies and provide compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts.Below is a chronological breakdown: ...
Various methods for determination of oil and grease are known. Some of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's established tests to determine oil and grease in waste samples are as follows. The Clean Water Act (CWA) Method 413.1, in "Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes", ...
The practical results for agriculture from this federally sponsored and subsidized research made the Hatch Act popular, even with tra- ditionally conservative rural legislators.1 Anderson recognized the winning formula and saw how a water resources research bill could tap into established constituencies ...
2007). Headwater streams are not specifically protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA), but until recently they were included as necessary for the maintenance of healthy, productive, and navigable streams and rivers. Their protection under the CWA has recently been limited by the Supreme Court (Ra...
Clean Water Act (CWA): regulates discharges of pollutants into US waters and the quality of surface waters. Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA): regulates public drinking water supply and systems, as well as the construction, operation, permitting and closure of underground injection wells. ...