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Record Nr.

UNINA9911026140803321

Autore

Ryan Mark A

Titolo

The Clean Water Act Handbook, Fourth Edition

Pubbl/distr/stampa

La Vergne : , : American Bar Association, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

9781634258593

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (538 pages)

Disciplina

344.7304/6343

Soggetti

Water quality management - Law and legislation

Environmental law - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Overview of the Clean Water Act --   Historical Background --   Point Source and Dredge/Fill Permits --   Technology-Based and Water Quality–Based Effluent Limitations --   Spill of Hazardous Substances, Stormwater, and Nonpoint Sources --   Enforcement and Judicial Review --   What Lies Ahead -- Chapter Two: Scope of “The Waters of the United States” Protected by the Clean Water Act --   Introduction --   Congressional and Regulatory Interpretations --   Judicial Interpretations --     Riverside and Adjacent Wetlands --     SWANCC and Isolated Waters --     Rapanos and Non-navigable Tributaries and Their Adjacent Wetlands --     Post-Rapanos Judicial Interpretations --   EPA and Corps Guidance --     Agency Practice --     Clean Water Rule --     Recent Administration Efforts to Revise the Definition of “Waters of the United States” --   Potential Future Directions -- Chapter Three: Water Pollution Control under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System --   Applicability and Scope

Sommario/riassunto

The definitive practical resource to the provisions and complexities of the federal Clean Water Act and how it continues to evolve, this book is written by some of the country's most knowledgeable experts on the CWA. Now in its fourth edition, it continues to offer an authoritative, balanced explanation of this complex statute and its implementing



regulations and guidelines.