Section 401 of the Clean Water Act

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:U.S._Environmental_Protection_Agency
state environmental agencies
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs 401 Certification
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Water_Quality_Certification_Improvement_Rule_(2023)
gptkbp:appliesTo hydroelectric projects
dredge and fill activities
pipeline projects
federal permits or licenses that may result in discharge into navigable waters
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1972
gptkbp:enables states to impose conditions on federal permits
tribes to impose conditions on federal permits
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Section 401 of the Clean Water Act
gptkbp:interpretedBy gptkb:U.S._Supreme_Court
PUD No. 1 of Jefferson County v. Washington Department of Ecology (1994)
S.D. Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection (2006)
gptkbp:legalCitation gptkb:33_U.S.C._§_1341
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Clean_Water_Act
gptkbp:purpose to ensure state and tribal authority to protect water quality
gptkbp:requires state water quality certification
gptkbp:subject judicial review
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Section_401_Water_Quality_Certification
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7