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Water Quality: EPA Should Improve Guidance and Support to Help States Develop Standards That Better Target Cleanup Efforts

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Water quality standards comprise designated uses and water quality criteria. These standards are critical in making accurate, scientifically based determinations about which of the nation's waters are most in need of cleanup. GAO examined the extent to which (1) states are changing designated uses when necessary, (2) EPA is assisting states toward that end, (3) EPA is updating the "criteria documents" states use to … more
Date: June 19, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Water Quality: Improved EPA Guidance and Support Can Help States Develop Standards That Better Target Cleanup Efforts

Description: A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Water quality standards are composed of designated uses and criteria. These standards are critical in making accurate, scientifically based determinations about which of the nation's waters are in need of cleanup. To assess EPA and states' actions to improve standards, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment asked GAO to determine the extent to which (1) states are changing designa… more
Date: January 30, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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