55 slide Power Point Comprehensive review of the OSHA act regulations for regulations for employer and employee responsibilities and rights, records and documentation

CLEAN WATER ACT of 1972

Intent & Purpose • To protect our nations waters, lakes,

rivers, aquifers, and coastal areas • Control toxic pollutants, pollution

control • Restore & maintain integrity of

waters • Achieve water quality levels

– Ph levels – Fishing and swimming

What does the act cover? • Pollution control standards and

regulations for major industries. • Criteria of water quality for the

different states. – Gov’t provides funding

• Protects… – Wildlife – Wetlands – Aquatic habitats

Continued

• Improve the safety of water that we… – Drink with – Shower with – Cook with – Swim with & slippin’ slide with

Who is affected by this act?

• Industries • States • Wildlife • Aquatic life • Wet lands • Human life/citizens • Government

Administrator of act

• Environmental Protective Agency – (EPA)

• Federal Government/Congress • Army corps of Engineers

Sample Regulations & Standards

• Restore and maintain… – Chemical & Physical state of the

nations water • Control of toxic pollutants.

– 33 toxic chemicals are listed in Title 33.U.S.C.1317(a)(1)

• Standards for analyzing pollutants

Continued

• Set guidelines for permitting discharge of storm H2O

• Establish procedures for adopting state H2O quality programs

• Set quality standards

Regulations

• Regulations are located in 2 subchapters in Title 40 parts 104-140 of the CFR.

Example…

• Anderson, Indiana • December, 1999 • Toxic chemical spill in white

river • Killed and injured literally tons

of wildlife & aquatic life • White river will not be back to

normal for a number of years

References

• Cunningham, William P., Saigo, Barbara. Environmental Science. Minnesota: University of Minnesota. P, 1999.

• www.nrdc.org • www.epa.gov • www.usbr.gov • www.hydra.gsa.gov

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