Summary of hearings on s. 431 and s. 432 proposals to amend the Clean Water Act

Introduction -- Industrial Compliance. Extending BEJ permits ; BAT modification -- Industrial Pretreatment. Integrated facilities -- Water Quality Standards. Earlier problems with the standards process ; Comments on EPA's 1982 proposal ; Need for legislation ; Beyond BAT -- Nonpoint Source Pollution. Targeted studies are needed ; Problems cited ; Federal-State-local issues -- Chesapeake Bay, Narragansett Bay -- Federal Common Law. Reinstating the Federal common law of nuisance ; State common law -- Appendix - List of Witnesses.,Claudia Copeland, Specialist, Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division.,CRS 83-589 ENR,"June 10, 1983.",SuDoc# LC 14. 18/3

Environmental block grants

Summary -- Background - Grants for Environmental Protection -- The President's Current Proposal -- Intergovernmental Relations and Recent Block Grant Experience -- Previous Environmental Block Grant Proposal -- Reactions to the Current Environmental Block Grant Proposal. Flexibility ; Funding -- Conclusion: Some Winners and Losers -- Table 1. EPA Assistance to States, FY81 to FY 87 Request -- Table 2. Proposed Environmental Block Grant Funding Summary -- Appendix 1. Current State Environmental Grants.,Claudia Copeland, Specialist in Environmental Policy, Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division.,CRS 86-561 ENRnn"February 18, 1986."nnSuDoc # LC 14. 18/3

Rural areas and clean water

Cities throughout the country face capital shortfalls for wastewater treatment construction. Yet, rural communities face special problems in financing needed capital improvements such as sewage treatment facilities. This report reviews the impact of waste-water treatment funding provisions of the Water Quality Act of 1987 on rural communities.,Introduction -- Provisions of the Act - Wastewater Treatment. State Revolving Funds -- What are the Funding Needs of Rural Areas? -- Conclusion -- Appendix.,Claudia Copeland, Specialist in Environmental Policy, Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division,CRS 87-257 ENR,"May 20, 1987.",SuDoc# 14. 18/3