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Included in the legislation was a new discharge permit program, called the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System , which replaced the Refuse Act permit program. [8] The amendments assigned lead responsibility for implementation of NPDES to the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Congress did not repeal the Refuse Act.
Lawmakers have purchased access to the ocean and beaches. Developers and owners were anticipated and not allowed to "wall off" ocean beach access as they have done elsewhere. [51] The City of Satellite Beach has permanently preserved 37% of its oceanfront in its natural state (prevented it from being developed). [52]
The Clean Water Act (CWA) was the first federal law designed to directly address water pollution. The CWA has been amended many times, but the 1972 amendments provide the core statutory basis for the regulation of point source water pollution and created the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program. [23]
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 Environment Department will ask lawmakers in the 2025 legislative session to give the state the authority to oversee federal pollution discharge permits, a required step in the process, Maez ...
In Pittsboro, which takes its water from the Haw River downstream from pollution sources in Reidsville and Greensboro, the petition says 1,4-Dioxane levels have been measured at “more than 320 ...
It is implemented jointly by EPA and the Coast Guard. Under commercial and recreational vessels with installed toilets are required to have marine sanitation devices (MSDs), which are designed to prevent the discharge of untreated sewage. EPA is responsible for developing performance standards for MSDs, and the Coast Guard is responsible for ...
Lawmakers have sometimes found workarounds. Trump's 2017 tax cuts will expire at the end of 2025 to avoid increasing long-term budget deficits, for example, but Republicans will try to extend them.