Federal water pollution control act amendments of 1977: hearing before the Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 |
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Page 523 - 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 255 - the United States, shall be subject to, and comply with, all Federal, State, interstate, and local requirements, both substantive and procedural (including any requirement for permits or reporting or any provisions for injunctive relief and such sanctions as may be imposed by a court to enforce such relief), respecting control and abatement of
Page 447 - issued under section 402 of this Act by the Administrator, or by a State, and any person who violates any order issued by the Administrator under subsection (a) of this section, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 per day of such violation;
Page 255 - requirement if he determines it to be in the paramount interest of the United States to do so. No such exemption shall be granted due to lack of appropriation unless the President shall have specifically requested such appropriation as a part of the budgetary process and the Congress
Page 443 - 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 255 - a new determination. The President shall report each January to the Congress all exemptions from the requirements of this Section granted during the preceding calendar year, together with his reason for granting each such exemption." 5. The Association recommends that the Clean Lakes program of Section 314
Page 542 - if necessary, limitations based on the best technology available, which in the judgment of the Administrator shall be fully adequately available to assure protection of public water supplies, and the protection and propagation of shellfish, fish and wildlife and allow recreational activities in and on the~ water.
Page 255 - have failed to make available such requested appropriation. Any exemption shall be for a period of not in excess of one year, but additional exemptions may be granted for periods not to exceed one year upon the President's
Page 539 - hearing to determine the relationship of the economic. and social costs of achieving any such limitation or limitations, including any economic or social dislocation in the affected community or communities, to the social and economic benefits to be obtained (including the attainment of the objective of this Act)
Page 594 - water; the building of any structure or impoundment requiring rock, sand, dirt, or other material for its construction; site-development fills for recreational, industrial, commercial, residential, and other uses; causeways or road fills; dams and dikes; artificial islands, property protection and/or reclamation devices such as riprap, groins, seawalls,