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CESSWI ENVIROCERT STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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CESSWI ENVIROCERT STUDY GUIDEFWPCA 1972 Formation of Clean Water Act - ANSWERS--
- to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of U.S.
waters
- defined point source, effluent limitations, discharge of pollutant, pollutant and
pollution
- goals included: eliminate discharges of pollution by 1985, establish wildlife
protection, prohibit toxic quantities of chemicals, provided assistance to Publicly
Owen Treatment Works, created area wide waste treatment management
processes of sources of pollutants, make national policy to research how to
eliminate pollution discharges into navigable waters, the contiguous zone, and
the oceans
Maryland v. EPA (1977) - ANSWERS-requires states to take on federal standards
Brown v. EPA (1975) - ANSWERS-requires EPA to compel implementation and
enforcement
NRDC Inc v. M Costle (1977) - ANSWERS-required EPA to make industry-to-
industry based regulations for certain chemicals
American Paper v. EPA (1993) - ANSWERS-court upheld EPA's application of
standards and narrative of the Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELGs)
, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (1974) - ANSWERS-authorized
construction, operation, and maintenance of certain works in the Colorado River
Basin to control salinity of water delivered to people downstream
1977 Clean Water Act Amendments - ANSWERS-- emphasized need to control
toxic pollutants
- ensure Federal projects meet the same standards as non-Federal projects
- help small communities meet the requirements of the CWA
- encourage industry to experiment with water treatment
- allow Federal and State governments to recover costs from oil and other
hazardous substance spills
1983 La Paz Agreement - ANSWERS-designed to protect the environment along
the border region of the U.S. and Mexico
1983 Nationwide Urban Runoff Program Study - ANSWERS-examines issues
related to:
- urban runoff quality characteristics
- extent of runoff water quality significance across nation
- performance and effectiveness of runoff pollution control practices
1987 Amendment to CWA - ANSWERS-- based on research of nonpoint water
pollution sources
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