Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Federal_Water_Pollution_Control_Act_Amendments_of_1972
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Environmental_Protection_Agency
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Clean_Water_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Federal_Water_Pollution_Control_Act_of_1948
gptkbp:appliesTo navigable waters
gptkbp:approvedBy citizen suits
gptkbp:codifiedIn 33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq.
gptkbp:dateEnacted October 18, 1972
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:establishes gptkb:National_Pollutant_Discharge_Elimination_System
permit system for point source pollution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972
gptkbp:prohibits discharge of pollutants without a permit
gptkbp:purpose set water quality standards for surface waters
regulate discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Clean_Air_Act
gptkb:Safe_Drinking_Water_Act
gptkbp:requires states to set water quality standards
technology-based effluent limitations
gptkbp:section gptkb:Section_303
Section 404
Section 401
Section 402
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkbp:updated gptkb:Clean_Water_Act_of_1977
gptkb:Water_Quality_Act_of_1987
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Clean_Water_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5