Clean Water Act Section 301

National goals for achievement of objectivethe objective of this chapter is to restore and maintain the chemical physical and biological integrity of the nation s waters.

Clean water act section 301. Section 301 g of the clean water act p l. The clean water act references the toxic pollutant list at section 307 a 1. The clean water act cwa is the primary federal law in the united states governing water pollution.

95 217 establishes a mechanism whereby a discharger may obtain a modification of the requirements of section 301 b 2 f. Section 1311 cwa section 301 a. 301 effluent standards.

For all other discharges effluent limitations requiring best practicable control dischargers. The list appears in the code of federal regulations at 40 cfr 401 15. A section 301 h of the clean water act provides that.

For publicly owned treatment works effluent limitations based in secondary treatments. 307 toxic and pretreatment effluent standards. The cwa aims to prevent reduce and eliminate pollution in the nation s water in order to restore and maintain the chemical physical and biological integrity of the nation s waters as described in cwa section 101 a.

Section 301 b 1 by july 1 1977 discharges were to have met. Basic prohibitions 33 u s c. Many of the entries such as haloethers are for groups of pollutants.

302 water quality related effluent limitations. Any certification provided under this section shall set forth any effluent limitations and other limitations and monitoring requirements necessary to assure that any applicant for a federal license or permit will comply with any applicable effluent limitations and other limitations under section 301 or 302 of this title standard of performance under section 306 of this title or prohibition effluent standard or pretreatment standard under section 307 of this title and with any other. Its objective is to restore and maintain the chemical physical and biological integrity of the nation s waters.