Clean Water Act Essentials, Third Edition

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Clean Water Act Essentials, Third Edition

Rumsey, Allison; Gross, Joel M.; McTiernan, Ed

American Bar Association

09/2023

176

Mole

Inglês

9781639052172

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iii

About the Authors vii

1 Executive Summary 1

2 The History of the Clean Water Act 5

2.1 Foundations of the Modern Act 5

2.2 The 1972 Amendments: The New Clean Water Act 7

2.3 The 1977 Amendments 10

2.4 The 1987 Amendments 10

2.5 The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 11

2.6 Nonlegislative Developments 12

2.7 The Clean Water Act at 50 14

3 General Prohibition of Discharges 17

3.1 Introduction 17

3.2 The Prohibition Defined 17

3.3 Discharges to Navigable Waters through Groundwater 29

3.4 Exceptions to the Prohibition 30

4 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(NPDES) Overview 31

4.1 The NPDES Process 31

4.2 Exceptions to the NPDES Process 32

4.3 NPDES Administration 33

4.4 Applying for a Permit 36

4.5 Elements of a Permit 38

4.6 Section 401 Water Quality Certifications 41

4.7 Review of Permit Decisions 42

5 Technology-Based Standards 45

5.1 Introduction 45

5.2 The Range of Technology-Based Standards 47

5.3 Setting Effluent Limits 52

5.4 "Fundamentally Different Factors" (FDF) Variance 54

5.5 BAT Variances 56

6 Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations 57

6.1 Introduction 57

6.2 History and Purpose of Water Quality-Based Effluent Limits 58

6.3 Establishing Water Quality-Based Effluent Limits (WQBELs) 59

6.4 Water Quality Trading Policy of 2003 67

7 Regulations of Publicly Owned Treatment Works 69

7.1 Introduction 69

7.2 Regulation of Discharges from POTWs 71

7.3 Regulation of Discharges to POTWs: Pretreatment Standards 76

7.4 Substantive Requirements of Pretreatment Program 80

7.5 POTW Pretreatment Program Variances and Removal Credits 82

7.6 Collection System Challenges 83

8 Regulation of Wetlands 85

8.1 Introduction 85

8.2 Jurisdictional Issues 87

8.3 Definitional Issues and Scope 88

8.4 Section 404 Permitting Process 92

8.5 Noncompliance and Enforcement 99

8.6 Challenges to Corps Determinations 100

9 Discharges and Spills of Oil and Hazardous Substances 103

9.1 Introduction 103

9.2 Section 311(b)(3): The Prohibition of Discharges 104

9.3 Notice Requirements for Oil and Hazardous Substance Spills 107

9.4 The Consequences of a Prohibited Discharge 108

9.5 The Prevention of Prohibited Oil Discharges 111

9.6 A Summary of OPA 112

10 Wet-Weather Discharges from Point Sources 115

10.1 Regulation of Stormwater 115

10.2 Application Requirements 123

10.3 Combined Sewer Overflows 124

10.4 Sanitary Sewer Overflows 126

10.5 Integrated Planning 127

11 Reducing Nonpoint Source Pollution 129

11.1 Introduction 129

11.2 Nonpoint Source of Pollution 131

11.3 Nonpoint Source Pollution Addressed in the Clean Water Act 132

11.4 Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 135

12 Enforcement 137

12.1 Introduction 137

12.2 Criminal Enforcement 137

12.3 Civil Enforcement 140

12.4 Administrative Enforcement 146

12.5 Emergency Authorities 147

12.6 State Enforcement 148

12.7 Citizen Suits 149

12.8 Defenses against Enforcement 152

Table of Cases 155

Index 161
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