Federal Water Pollution Control Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Federal_Water_Pollution_Control_Act

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency
gptkbp:allows	citizen suits
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Clean_Water_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy	1972 1977 1987
gptkbp:appliesTo	navigable waters point source pollution
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Environmental_law_in_the_United_States 1948 in American law Water pollution in the United States
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:Public_Law_100-4 gptkb:Public_Law_80-845 gptkb:Public_Law_92-500 gptkb:Public_Law_95-217
gptkbp:codifiedIn	33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq.
gptkbp:dateEnacted	1948
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy	gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Justice state environmental agencies
gptkbp:establishes	gptkb:National_Pollutant_Discharge_Elimination_System gptkb:Section_404_permit_program
gptkbp:excludes	nonpoint source pollution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Federal Water Pollution Control Act
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Cuyahoga_River_fire environmentalist
gptkbp:majorAmendmentSignedBy	gptkb:Jimmy_Carter gptkb:Richard_Nixon gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkbp:penalty	criminal penalties civil penalties
gptkbp:purpose	regulate discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States set water quality standards
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Clean_Air_Act gptkb:Resource_Conservation_and_Recovery_Act gptkb:Safe_Drinking_Water_Act
gptkbp:section	Section 404 Section 319 Section 401 Section 402
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:subjectOf	gptkb:Friends_of_the_Earth,_Inc._v._Laidlaw_Environmental_Services gptkb:Rapanos_v._United_States gptkb:Sackett_v._EPA gptkb:United_States_v._Riverside_Bayview_Homes,_Inc. Supreme Court cases environmental law studies
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Clean_Water_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5