Water Quality Issues in the 113th Congress An Overview

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservation of natural resources.

Disaster relief.

Wetlands.

Florida.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Outlines water quality-related Congressional activity since P.L. 100-4, the Water Quality Act of 1987. Examines water quality issues in the 113th Congress, including authorization of wastewater infrastructure funding and regulatory protection of wetlands. Addresses Clean Water Act (CWA) issues, including Chesapeake Bay restoration; Florida nutrient water quality standards; mountaintop mining; relationship between CWA and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; and CWA permits for logging road discharges. Covers FY2014 and FY2015 appropriations

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 13-R4-2883 in the 2013 issue

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Water Quality Issues in the 113th Congress

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-RSI-0211

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