Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 |
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86 STAT action Administrator determines Administrator is authorized Amendments of 1972 approved carry centum certification Chief of Engineers Coast Guard compliance construction contiguous zone Control Act Amendments costs date of enactment discharge of pollutants disposal effluent limitations effluent standard elimination ending June 30 enforcement Environmental Environmental Financing established estuaries exceed Federal agencies Federal Water Pollution fiscal year ending funds grants Guam Guard is operating guidelines hazardous substance implement interstate agency jurisdiction license or permit ment methods navigable waters necessary notify offshore facility onshore owner or operator Pacific Islands paragraph person point sources Pollution Control Act President pretreatment standard prior procedures promulgated public hearing publicly owned treatment purpose Report to Congress requirements revised Secretary section 301 sewage shellfish standards of performance suant submit thereof tion treatment management plans United States Code vessel violation waste treatment management Water Pollution Control water quality standards wildlife
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Page 77 - In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person under this subsection, the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or...
Page 77 - Code. (2) If the petitioner applies to the court for leave to adduce additional evidence, and shows to the satisfaction of the court that such additional evidence is material and that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to adduce such evidence in the proceeding before the...
Page 48 - removal" refers to removal of the oil or hazardous substances from the water and shorelines or the taking of such other actions as may be necessary to minimize or mitigate damage to the public health or welfare, including, but not limited to, fish, shellfish, wildlife, and public and private property, shorelines, and beaches...
Page 34 - ... assure the protection and propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife in and on the body of water into which the discharge is to be made...
Page 15 - ... (B) provides such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds...
Page 1 - Two national goals (very clearly not policies) were set forth in the act. 1. "it is the national goal that the discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters be eliminated by 1985;" 2. "it is the national goal that wherever attainable, an interim goal of water quality which provides for the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish and wildlife and provides for recreation in and on the water be achieved by July 1, 1983.
Page 86 - The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations of the Administrator to be issued hereunder and for such purpose the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act...
Page 58 - All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the Administrator or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating or their representatives pursuant to this subsection which contains or relates to a trade secret or other matter referred to...
Page 45 - Any action under this subsection may be brought in the district court of the United States for the district in which the defendant is located or resides or is doing business, and such court shall have jurisdiction to restrain such violation and to require compliance.
Page 35 - The Administrator, after consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies and other interested persons...