Reauthorization of the Clean Water Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Clean Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, on S. 1114 ... S. 1302 ... June 16, 23; July 1, 14, 27; August 4, 5; and September 15, 1993, Volume 1 |
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Page 610 - ... set forth procedures and methods (including land use requirements) to control to the extent feasible such sources...
Page 442 - source reduction" means any practice which-- (i) reduces the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment (including fugitive emissions) prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal; and (ii) reduces the hazards to public health and the environment associated with the release of such substances, pollutants, or contaminants.
Page 442 - source reduction" to mean any practice which: • reduces the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment (including fugitive emissions) prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal; and • reduces the hazards to public health and the environment associated with the release of such substances, pollutants or contaminants.
Page 584 - CZMA programs are the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Page 580 - ... the agencies involved. The purpose of Phase I of the Agricultural Watershed Protection Program is to perfect, test, and demonstrate the Whole Farm Planning approach on selected farms, and to strengthen the New York City/local partnership in the process.
Page 610 - ... (E) a description of the nature and extent of nonpoint sources of pollutants, and recommendations as to the programs which must be undertaken to control each category of such sources, including an estimate of the costs of implementing such programs.
Page 815 - When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
Page 516 - RICHARD L. HEMBRA, DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ISSUES, RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee, we...
Page 355 - EPA or the state determines to contribute to a violation of a water quality standard or is a significant contributor of pollutants to waters of the United States. The term "storm water discharge associated with industrial activity" means a storm water discharge from one of 1 1 categories of industrial activity defined at 40 CFR 122.26.
Page 440 - ... reduces the hazards to public health and the environment associated with the release of such substances, pollutants, or contaminants. The term includes equipment or technology modifications, process or procedure modifications, reformulation or redesign of products, substitution of raw materials, and improvements in housekeeping, maintenance, training, or inventory control.