Federal Water Act

List of water-endangering substances under the Federal Water Act (2001) Switzerland ... 

Act on the regulation of matters pertaining to water (Federal Water Act - WHG), amended through promulgation of 19 August 2002 (Federal Law Gazette I, 3245). 

Veltwisch, D. (2003) Wastewater Law Federal Water Act, Wastewater Charges Act, Wastewater Ordinance. Text edition with an explanatory introduction. Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, BMU http //www.bmu.de/ files/wastewater.pdf... 

Risk of not meeting the environmental objectives according to Articles 30c and 30d of the Austrian Federal Water Act ... 

The various OECD guidelines serve to assess biodegradability and toxic effects of individual compounds and/or products. These assessments may be used, e.g., for ranking according to the Federal Water Act. 

The two main federal agencies involved in the protection of human health and the environment are the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). EPA s principal concern is the protection of the environment, in most cases, the area outside of an industrial faciUty. There are 10 regional offices that carry out the regulatory functions of the agency (Table 1). Primary laws covered by EPA are the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and LiabiUty Act (CERCLA), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and Eederal Insecticide, Eungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under the Safe Drinking Water Act, set the secondary contaminant level for silver ia drinking water at 0.1 mg/L (20). Secondary contaminants are not considered to be hazardous to health and thus the limits are not federally enforceable. 

Amendment of the federal Water Pollution Control Act, U.S. Government, Pubhc Law 92-500, 92nd Congress, 5.2770, Washiagton, D.C., Oct. 18,1972. 

Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) was passed. This act and its various amendments are often referred to as tne Clean Water Act (CWA). It provided loans for treatment plant construction and temporary authority for federal control of interstate water pollution. The enforcement powers were so heavily dependent on the states as... 

In 1965 the Water Quahty Act established a new trend in water pollution control. It provided that the states set water quality standards in accordance with federal guidelines. If the states f ed to do so, the standards would be set by the federal government subject to a review hearing. In 1966, the Clean Water Restoration Act transferred the Feder Water Pollution Control Administration from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to the Department of the Interior. It also gave the Interior Department the responsibility for the Oil Pollution Act. 

Act, making it more consistent with other environmental statutes. The Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act all require permits. 

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 was enacted to ciiliancc the qiuility and ilue of our mitural resources and to establish a nationtil... 

Agency (EPA), which was established in 1970, the same year the first Clean Air Act was passed into law. In 1972 the Clean Water Act became law, and in 1973 the Endangered Species Act became law. Other important federal environmental legislation includes the Resource Consei vation and Recoveiy Act, passed in 1976 the Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 the Nuclear Waste Policy Acts of 1982 and 1987 and the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Acts of 1980 and 1985. From 1980 to 2000 these environmental regulations, and the enforcement efforts of the EPA, have had a much greater impact on decisions made in the energy industiy than all the policy initiatives implemented by the DOE. 

The U.S. Congress passes the Federal Water Power Act of 1920, which authorizes the first Federal Power Commission (later Federal Energy Regulatoiy Commission). It has authority to issue licenses for hydroelectric projects that are best adapted to the comprehensive development of a watei way. 

CFR — Code of Federal Regulations, CWA — Clean Water Act, EPCRA — Emergency Planning and... 

EPA OSW Designated as a hazardous substance under Section 311(b)(2)(A) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Yes EPA 1978a (40 CFR 116.4), 1978b... 

Federal Register, Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S. Code ss/1251 et seq. 1977, U.S. Government, Public Laws, May 2002, Available at www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title33/chapter26. html. 

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