Water Pollution: EPA Budget Needs to Place Greater Emphasis on Controlling Nonpoint Source Pollution.

Abstract

Congress expanded the EPA's role somewhat through the 1987 amendments to the Clean Water Act--called the Water Quality Act of 1987 --but still left primary responsibility for controlling nonpoint source pollution with the states. Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, as added by the Water Quality Act, required states to assess the extent to which nonpoint sources cause water quality problems and develop management program plans for addressing these problems. EPA was charged with reviewing and approving these assessments and plans, and was authorized to provide grants to the states for implementing these management plans. -BKA

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 1992
Accession Number
ADA290143

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agriculture
  • Congress
  • Economic Development
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Governments
  • Health
  • Local Governments
  • Monitoring
  • National Governments
  • Soil Erosion
  • Standards
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Water
  • Water Pollution
  • Water Quality

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.