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LOCAL COOPERATION, STUDY; REPORT TO CONGRESS Pub. L. 93-251, title I, Sec. 24, Mar. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 20, provided that the Secretary of the Army make a study of the items of local cooperation involving hold and save harmless provisions which have been required for water resource development projects under his jurisdiction and report on such study to Congress not later than June 30, 1975.
1973 – Endangered Species Act (amended 1978, 1982) 1974 – Safe Drinking Water Act (amended 1986, 1996) 1975 – Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; 1976 – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (amended 1984, 1996) 1976 – Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (amended 2016) 1977 – Clean Water Act (amended FWPCA of 1972)
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the primary federal law in the United States intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public. [3] Pursuant to the act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to set standards for drinking water quality and oversee all states, localities, and water suppliers that implement the standards.
The first FWPCA was enacted in 1948, but took on its modern form when completely rewritten in 1972 in an act entitled the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. [4] [1] Major changes have subsequently been introduced via amendatory legislation including the Clean Water Act of 1977 [5] and the Water Quality Act (WQA) of 1987. [6]
The Clean Water Act is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution, and is administered by EPA and state environmental agencies. [31] Groundwater is protected at the federal level principally through: The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, through regulation of the disposal of municipal solid waste and hazardous ...
Water Resources Development Act of 2016, WRDA 2016, included as part of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act), Pub. L. 114–322 (text) Water Resources Development Act of 2022 , WRDA 2022, included as part of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA 2023).
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1974. They relate to environmental law , conservation , environmentalism and environmental issues . Events
Eight percent of the community water systems—large municipal water systems—provide water to 82 percent of the US population. [2] The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the US EPA to set standards for drinking water quality in public water systems (entities that provide water for human consumption to at least 25 people for at least 60 days a ...