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3 Governing Federal Programs This section describes the background of water-related regulations, and the federal programs that are the regulatory drivers for airport stormwater and water resources management programs. 2.1 Regulatory Background Initial efforts to regulate water pollution in the United States were enacted in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 (FWPCA)
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4 Clean Water Act Requirements for Airports cases have been consolidated into the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ordered a national "stay" of the effective date of the new WOTUS definition. In response, EPA and USACE issued a joint memorandum requiring nationwide use of the prior regulations defining WOTUS.
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Governing Federal Programs 5 receiving water bodies. Airports that capture runoff from deicing operations for treatment or recycling (or that have other onsite operations that generate wastewater that is captured and sent to POTWs)
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6 Clean Water Act Requirements for Airports deicing are required to either use non-urea-containing deicers or meet a maximum daily numeric effluent limitation of 14.7 mg/L for ammonia as nitrogen. The Deicing ELG also established NSPSs for aircraft deicing at all new airports, with the exception of those located in Alaska.
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Governing Federal Programs 7 supporting all designated uses. The TMDL allocates that total allowable amount among the regulated and unregulated sources.
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8 Clean Water Act Requirements for Airports January 26, 2016. The comment period for the draft closed on March 11, 2016, and EPA indicated its intention to reissue the PGP no later than October 31, 2016.
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Governing Federal Programs 9 In 1990, the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) amended the CWA to require significant oil storage facilities to prepare and submit a Facility Response Plan (FRP)
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10 Clean Water Act Requirements for Airports of the SDWA is shared between EPA, states, territories, and tribes. Currently, all states and territories, except Wyoming and the District of Columbia, have been delegated authority for implementation of the SDWA.
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Governing Federal Programs 11 When the SDWA was originally passed in 1974, it included requirements for EPA to establish a federal–state system to protect public health and prevent contamination of underground sources of drinking water (USDW) from underground injection of contaminants.
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