Abstract:The Clean Water Act of 1972 required states to adopt policies and implementation procedures for preventing the loss of existing water body uses, disallowing water quality degradation except when clear economic and/or social benefits could be identified, and prohibiting any permanent degradation in certain pristine waters. States have largely adopted antidegradation policies, but few have devised -or are using -specific procedures for reviewing the potential for water quality degradation when permit application… Show more
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