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Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996: Overview of P.L. 104-182
Date: February 8, 1999
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
Description: None
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Safe Drinking Water Act: Implementation and Reauthorization
Date: December 3, 1996
Creator: Tiemann, Mary
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Agricultural Wetlands: Current Programs and Legislative Proposals
Date: January 4, 1996
Creator: Zinn, Jeffrey A
Description: Amending Federal laws to protect wetlands, especially agricultural wetlands, is a contentious issue for the 104th Congress. Critics contend that current programs are excessive in their reach and unfairly restrict private landowners. Supporters counter that these programs are critical if the Nation is to achieve the stated goal of no-net-loss of wetlands. The two major statutes under which agricultural wetlands are protected are swampbuster, enacted in the Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act of 1985, and section 404, enacted in the 1972 Clean Water Act. This report describes both programs, emphasizing how they relate to each other. It explains how each program works, especially on agricultural wetlands, and the likely effect of proposed revisions to swampbuster. Also, it briefly considers other legislative proposals that would amend the section 404 program, which, if enacted, would further affect how agricultural wetlands are protected.
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Rural Water Supply and Sewer Systems: Background Information
Date: January 20, 1999
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
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Toxic Pollutants and the Clean Water Act: Current Issues
Date: September 21, 1993
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
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Clean Water Act and TMDLs
Date: September 11, 1997
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Description: Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act requires states to identify waters that are impaired by pollution, even after application of pollution controls. For those waters, states must establish a total maximum daily load (TMDL) of pollutants to ensure that water quality standards can be attained. Implementation of this provision has been dormant until recently, when states and EPA were prodded by numerous lawsuits. The TMDL issue has become controversial, in part because of requirements and costs now facing states to implement a 25-year-old provision of the law. Congressional activity to reauthorize the Act, a possibility in the 2nd Session of the 105th Congress, could include TMDL issues, but the direction for any such action is unclear at this time.
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