Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972
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Statements (37)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:legislation
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gptkbp:addresses |
point source pollution
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gptkbp:administered_by |
gptkb:Environmental_Protection_Agency_(EPA)
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gptkbp:aims_to |
reduce water pollution
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gptkbp:amends |
gptkb:Federal_Water_Pollution_Control_Act
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gptkbp:authorizes |
citizen suits against polluters
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gptkbp:date_enacted |
gptkb:1972
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gptkbp:defines |
navigable waters
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gptkbp:enacted_by |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:encourages |
research on water pollution control technologies
public education on water pollution issues |
gptkbp:establishes |
gptkb:National_Pollutant_Discharge_Elimination_System_(NPDES)
grants for state water pollution control programs water quality criteria |
gptkbp:facilitates |
state and local water quality programs
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972
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gptkbp:includes |
provisions for toxic pollutants
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gptkbp:increased |
federal oversight of water pollution control efforts
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gptkbp:influences |
environmental policy in the United States
subsequent environmental legislation |
gptkbp:is_part_of |
gptkb:Clean_Water_Act
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gptkbp:is_set_in |
deadlines for compliance with water quality standards
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gptkbp:mandates |
reporting of discharges
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gptkbp:promotes |
public participation in water quality management
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gptkbp:provides |
federal funding for wastewater treatment plants
guidelines for industrial discharge permits |
gptkbp:replaces |
gptkb:Water_Quality_Act_of_1965
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gptkbp:requires |
monitoring of water quality
permits for discharges into navigable waters states to develop water quality standards states to establish total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) |
gptkbp:signed_by |
President Richard Nixon
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gptkbp:supports |
interstate water quality agreements
efforts to restore and maintain the integrity of the nation's waters |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:92nd_United_States_Congress
gptkb:91st_United_States_Congress |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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