Water Pollution Controls Effluent Guidelines, Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and Stormwater Permits

Intro -- WATER POLLUTION CONTROLS EFFLUENT GUIDELINES, TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS (TMDLS) AND STORMWATER PERMITS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 WATER POLLUTION: EPA HAS IMPROVED ITS REVIEW OF EFFLUENT GUIDELINESBUT COULD BENEFIT FROM MORE INFORMATION ON TREATMENTTECHNOLOGIES* -- ABBREVIATIONS -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- BACKGROUND -- EPA'S TWO-PHASE SCREENING AND REVIEW PROCESS HAS IDENTIFIED FEW INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES FOR NEW OR REVISED EFFLUENT GUIDELINES -- FOCUS ON LIMITED HAZARD DATA TO THE EXCLUSION OF TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION MAY HAVE LED EPA TO OVERLOOK INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES FOR POLLUTION REDUCTION -- EPA IS ADDING HAZARD DATA SOURCES BUT IS NOT FULLY USING POTENTIAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX II: SURVEY OF STATE WATER QUALITY PERMIT WRITERS AND ANALYSIS OF VIEWS ABOUT WHETHER EPA SHOULD REVISE EFFLUENT GUIDELINES -- APPENDIX III: ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON INDUSTRIAL CATEGORIES WITH EFFLUENT GUIDELINES -- Chapter 2 CLEAN WATER ACT AND POLLUTANT TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS (TMDLS) -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 303(D) -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3 STORMWATER PERMITS: STATUS OF EPA'S REGULATORY PROGRAM -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS: NRC REPORT AND POTENTIAL REGULATORY CHANGES -- INDEX.