EPA's Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program: Highlights of the Final Revised Rule

[摘要] This report discusses the final rule and the key modifications of the August 1999 proposal. The final rule builds on the current TMDL regulatory program and adds details, specific requirements, and deadlines. It retains the basic elements of the 1999 proposal for more comprehensive identification of impaired waters, schedules and minimum elements for TMDLs, and new public participation requirements. At the same time, dropped from the final rule are several provisions that were most controversial in the proposal, including some potentially affecting agriculture and forestry, one that would have required pollutant discharge offsets in some circumstances, and one that would have required states to identify waters threatened but not yet impaired by pollution

[发布日期] 2000-07-18 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Criminal Justice;Environmental law enforcement;Environmental Protection Agency;Environmental protection