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Federal Water Pollution Control Act
First legislation to be passed for protection of water. made to prepare comprehensive programs for eliminating or reducing the pollution of interstate waters and tributaries and improving the sanitary condition of surface and underground waters. During the development of such plans, due regard was to be given to improvements necessary to conserve waters for public water supplies, -
Water Pollution Control Act of 1956
strengthensed the government’s ability to enforce regulations and gives the Federal government control over individual states’ consent where health is endangered. -
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amended
broadened the federal government’s enforcement powers and increased federal support of state and interstate pollution control. The act expands the jurisdiction of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. -
Water Quality Control Act
The Water Quality Act is adopted by Congress. It orders the states to develop water quality standards – subject to federal review — and come up with plans to meet them. The act is largely ineffective, according to Environmental Protection Agency records, because it calls for vast data linking pollution to polluter that generally cannot be collected. The law is significant, however, because it focuses on the ecological health of waterways for fishing and swimming. -
The Clean Water Restoration Act of 1966
imposed a $100 per day fine on a polluter who failed to submit a required report on the restoration of habitats around the area being polluted when they were finished with it. -
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
a system that identifies and adds rivers across the United States to a protected list. By 1989, over 1,385 miles of rivers will be protected in Alaska alone. -
Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970
placed additional limits on the discharge of oil into water where it could damage human health, marine life, wildlife or property. The act also included a number of other provisions intended to reduce water pollution. -
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments
stipulated broad national objectives to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters. Provisions included a requirement that the Federal Power Commission not grant a license for a hydroelectric power project to regulate streamflow for the purpose of water quality unless certain conditions are satisfied. -
Clean Water Act
The goal of the CWA is to eliminate toxic substances in water and to uphold surface water to a national standard of cleanliness. It also established a federal discharge permit system and provided for a broader federal role in setting effluent limitations. It also greatly increased funding for sewage treatment plants. Billions of dollars in aid for these projects was provided to states and municipalities in the 1970s. -
Natural Resources Defense Council v. Calloway
Court case in that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has interpreted its jurisdiction too narrowly in regulations issued the previous year. The court says that Congress showed intent in the Clean Water Act to extend jurisdiction as broadly as possible under the commerce clause of the Constitution, which allows the government to regulate activities that affect interstate commerce. -
Clean Water Act of 1977
Added lots of programs to better protect the water. -
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Construction Grants Amendments
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The Water Quality Act of 1987
Stricter policies on cleaning water pollution, and requires EPA to do water quality tests