The Clean Water Act handbook /
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| Author / Creator: | McCall, Duke K., III author. |
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
| Imprint: | Lanham, Maryland : Bernan Press, ©2017. |
| Description: | x, 342 pages ; 26 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10991288 |
| Related Items: | Revision of:
Clean Water Act handbook |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- About the Author
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Overview
- 1.2. Brief History of the CWA
- 1.3. Clean Water Act Goals and Policies
- 1.4. Elements of the CWA
- 1.5. The Discharge Prohibition
- 1.5.1. Addition
- 1.5.2. Pollutant
- 1.5.3. Point Source
- 1.5.4. Navigable Waters ("Waters of the United States")
- 1.6. Overview of This Handbook
- 2. The NPDES Permit Program
- 2.1. What Is an NPDES Permit
- 2.2. What Discharges Require an NPDES Permit
- 2.3. State and Federal Roles
- 2.4. The Permit Process
- 2.4.1. The Permit Application
- 2.4.2. The Draft Permit and Comment Period
- 2.4.3. Appealing the Final Permit Decision
- 2.5. NPDES Permit Conditions
- 2.6. Monitoring Requirements
- 2.7. Reporting Requirements
- 3. Effluent Limitations
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Forms of Permit Limitations
- 3.3. Technology-Based Limitations
- 3.3.1. BPT
- 3.3.2. BAT
- 3.3.3. BCT
- 3.3.4. NSPS
- 3.3.5. Variances
- 3.4. Water Quality-Based Limitations
- 3.4.1. Water Quality Standards
- 3.4.2. Translating Standards into Chemical-Specific Permit Limitations
- 3.4.2.1. Total Maximum Daily Loads
- 3.4.2.2. Pollutant Trading
- 3.4.2.3. Watershed Permits
- 3.5. Toxicity-Based Limitations
- 3.6. Biological Criteria
- 3.7. Nutrient Criteria
- 4. Whole Effluent Toxicity Control
- 4.1. Background
- 4.2. When Are WET Limitations Required?
- 4.3. WET-Based Permit Limitations
- 4.3.1. Types of Limitations
- 4.3.2. Elements of WET Testing
- 4.3.2.1. Test Organism
- 4.3.2.2. Dilution Water
- 4.3.2.3. Testing Frequency
- 4.3.2.4. Flow-Through v. Static and Renewal Tests
- 4.3.2.5. Effluent Concentrations
- 4.3.2.6. On-Site v. Off-Site Testing
- 4.3.2.7. Grab v. Composite Sampling
- 4.3.2.8. Acute-to-Chronic Ratio
- 4.3.3. WET Permit Requirements
- 4.3.4. Toxicity Identification and Reduction Evaluations
- 5. Storm-Water Discharges
- 5.1. The Storm-Water Program
- 5.2. The Storm-Water Permit Process
- 5.2.1. General Permits
- 5.2.2. Individual Storm-Water Permits
- 5.2.3. Storm-Water Management Plans and Pollution Prevention Plans
- 6. Other Types of Discharges
- 6.1. Combined Sewer Overflows and Sanitary Sewer Overflows
- 6.2. Thermal Discharges
- 6.3. Ocean Discharges
- 7. The Pretreatment Program
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Pretreatment Standards
- 7.2.1. National General Prohibitions
- 7.2.2. National Specific Prohibitions
- 7.3. National Categorical Standards
- 7.4. Local Limits
- 7.5. Pretreatment Program Enforcement
- 8. Nonpoint-Source Discharges
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. The Section 319 Program
- 8.3. Coastal Zone Management Program
- 8.4. National Estuary Program
- 9. Dredge and Fill Permits
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Waters within the Scope of the Program
- 9.3. Covered Activities
- 9.4. Individual Permits
- 9.5. The Mitigation Policy
- 9.6. Nationwide Permits
- 9.7. Potential Liabilities under the Section 404 Program
- 10. Preventing, Reporting, and Responding to Spills
- 10.1. Spill Prevention
- 10.1.1. SPCC Plans
- 10.1.2. Facility Response Plans
- 10.2. Spill Notification
- 10.3. Spill Response and Liability
- 11. Enforcement
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.1.1. Federal and State Roles
- 11.2. Enforcement Theories
- 11.3. Defenses
- 11.3.1. Upset
- 11.3.2. Bypass
- 11.3.3. Permit-as-a-Shield
- 11.4. Enforcement Options
- 11.5. Administrative Order
- 11.6. Civil Judicial Enforcement
- 11.7. Criminal Enforcement
- 11.8. Citizen Suits
- Appendix: Clean Water Act
- Research Sources
- Notes
- Index
