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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:administeredBy
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gptkb:United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency
gptkb:U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers_(Section_404)
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:CWA
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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gptkb:Federal_Water_Pollution_Control_Act
1977
1981
1987
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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surface waters of the United States
point sources
nonpoint sources (limited)
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:Public_Law_92-500
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gptkbp:codifiedIn
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33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq.
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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October 18, 1972
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:enforcedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency
state environmental agencies
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gptkbp:establishes
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gptkb:Water_Quality_Standards
gptkb:National_Pollutant_Discharge_Elimination_System
gptkb:State_Revolving_Fund_for_water_quality_projects
gptkb:Total_Maximum_Daily_Load_(TMDL)_program
Permit Program for point source discharges
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gptkbp:excludes
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groundwater regulation
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gptkbp:goal
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restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Clean Water Act of 1972
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Cuyahoga_River_fire
gptkb:environmental_movement_of_the_1960s_and_1970s
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gptkbp:longTitle
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gptkb:An_Act_to_amend_the_Federal_Water_Pollution_Control_Act
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gptkbp:penalty
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criminal penalties
injunctive relief
civil penalties
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gptkbp:prohibits
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discharge of pollutants from a point source into navigable waters without a permit
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gptkbp:purpose
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set water quality standards for surface waters
regulate discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States
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gptkbp:relatedLegislation
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gptkb:Clean_Air_Act
gptkb:Resource_Conservation_and_Recovery_Act
gptkb:Safe_Drinking_Water_Act
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gptkbp:replacedBy
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gptkb:Federal_Water_Pollution_Control_Act_of_1948
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gptkbp:section
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Section 404
Section 401
Section 402
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gptkbp:shortName
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gptkb:Clean_Water_Act
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Richard_Nixon
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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gptkb:Rapanos_v._United_States
gptkb:Sackett_v._EPA
gptkb:SWANCC_v._U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers
gptkb:United_States_v._Riverside_Bayview_Homes
Supreme Court cases
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Edmund_Sixtus_Muskie
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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