TMDL programs

In 1996, the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) set up a federal advisory committee composed of members with interests ranging from the environmental and agricultural communities to state and local governments. The committee s objective was to recommend ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state, territorial, tribal, and USEPA total maximum daily load (TMDL ) programs. 

USEPA]. US Environmental Protection Agency. 1998. Report of the Federal Advisory Committee on the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program. The National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Administrator (160IF) EPA 100-R-98-006, July 1998, Washington, DC, USA. 

This part of the Clean Water Act was relatively neglected until 1996. A Federal Advisory Committee was convened and produced in 1998 a report and subsequent proposed changes for implementation of the TMDL program and associated changes in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for point sources. A number of court orders were also motivating factors in the implementation and proposed changes to the rule. 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (1999b). Total maximum daily load (tmdl) program. Office of Water, Washinton, DC (On line). Available at http //www.epa.g0v/OWOW/tmdl (December 20, 1999). 

The regulations governing the TMDL program are formd at 40 CFR 130.7. Once a state... 

EPA. Guidance for Water Quality-Based Decisions The TMDL Process, EPA 440/4-91-001, 1991 and Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program, EPA-84-F-00-004, 2000, Office of Water, Washington, DC. EPA Office of Water Website, 2001, http //www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/status.html. 

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