40 CFR 131.12 - Antidegradation policy
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES): Applications and Program Updates
...Antidegradation Reference (40 CFR 122.44(d)) EPA proposes to revise 40 CFR 122.44(d) to include a reference to 40 CFR 131.12 in order to ensure consistency with the state antidegradation requirements established under that section. CWA section 301(b)(1)(C) requires that NPDES permit limits ......
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Water programs: Clean Water Act Water quality planning and management; National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program and Federal antidegradation policy,
...expansion,'' only the expanded portion of the discharge (the new loadings) would be subject to the offset requirements under 40 CFR 131.12(a)(1)(ii). For existing dischargers with a current permitted load, the definition of a significant expansion and the amount for which offsets are requir......
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Pud No. 1 of Jefferson County v. Washington Dep't of Ecology, 921911
...instream water uses and the level of water quality necessary to protect the existing uses shall be maintained and protected." 40 CFR § 131.12 (1992). At a minimum, state water quality standards must satisfy these conditions. The Act also allows States to impose more stringent water quality ......
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West Virginia Coal Ass'n v. Reilly, Civ. A. No. 2:87-0834.
...own NPDES permitting program to adopt a statewide anti-degradation policy to protect existing in-stream water uses and water quality. 40 C.F.R. § 131.12. Permits may not be issued by a state under conditions that would violate applicable state water quality standards. 40 C.F.R. § The plaint......
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Pud No. 1 of Jefferson County v. Washington Dep't of Ecology, 921911
...instream water uses and the level of water quality necessary to protect the existing uses shall be maintained and protected." 40 CFR § 131.12 (1992). At a minimum, state water quality standards must satisfy these conditions. The Act also allows States to impose more stringent water quality ......
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West Virginia Coal Ass'n v. Reilly, Civ. A. No. 2:87-0834.
...own NPDES permitting program to adopt a statewide anti-degradation policy to protect existing in-stream water uses and water quality. 40 C.F.R. § 131.12. Permits may not be issued by a state under conditions that would violate applicable state water quality standards. 40 C.F.R. § The plaint......
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Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. Horinko, No. CIV.A. 3:02-0059.
...S.Ct. 1900; see also 33 U.S.C. § 1313(d)(4)(B). Pursuant to this statute, the EPA promulgated a regulation governing antidegradation, 40 C.F.R. § 131.12. Section 131.12 requires States to "develop and adopt a statewide antidegradation policy and identify methods for implementing such policy......
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Kentucky Waterways Alliance v. Johnson, No. 06-5614.
...require each State to "develop and adopt a statewide antidegradation policy and identify the methods for implementing such policy." 40 C.F.R. § 131.12(a) The EPA regulations further provide that "[t]he antidegradation policy and implementation methods shall, at a minimum, be consistent with......
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Louisiana’s Coming Antidegradation Policy Implementation Procedures
...(1) See, LAC 33:IX.1109.A (antidegradation policy); LAC 33:IX.1119 (implementation plan for antidegradation policy); and 40 C.F.R. 131.12. (2) Pursuant to the Clean Water Act, LDEQ has evaluated each Louisiana surface water (river, lake, stream, etc.) and determined its “designated uses”; i......
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States' Roles and State Programs
...is designed to maintain existing water uses and a level of water quality necessary to protect and maintain existing water uses. See 40 C.F.R. § 131.12 . In PUD No. 1 of Jefferson County v. Washington Department of Environmental Quality , 511 U.S. 700 (1994) , the Supreme Court held that a s......
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Will more, better, cheaper, and faster monitoring improve environmental management?
...pathogens from drinking water). (84) See U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency, Water Quality Standards Handbook, Chapter 4: Antidegredation (40 C.F.R. 131.12), http://water.epa.gov/scitech/swguid2ince/standards /handbook/chapter04.cfm (last visited Nov. 22, 2014) ("The term 'aquatic life' would more ac......