|
|
- Info
Stormwater and the clean water act: Municipal separate storm sewers in the moratorium
| Author: |
Weiss, K. |
| Date: |
1995 |
| Periodical: |
In: Enhancing Urban Watershed Management at the Local, County, and State Levels: National Conference on Urban Runoff Management; 1995; Cincinnati, OH. Chicago, IL: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Research Information |
| Abstract: |
Urban stormwater and related pollutant sources have been shown to be major sources of water quality impairment. Section 402(p)(6) of the Clean Water Act requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to identify additional stormwater sources to be regulated to protect water quality under Phase II of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program. Mitigating water quality impairment associated with urban runoff requires comprehensive efforts with special emphasis on comprehensive approaches to stormwater management for new development. Municipal governments in urbanized areas appear to be critical institutions for making many of the day-to-day decisions necessary to address problem associated with stormwater, including measures to minimize the risks to water resources associated with stormwater from areas undergoing urbanization. In addition, municipalities have the police power needed to implement some components of stormwater programs and the ability to collect funds to be used in program implementation. This paper looks at the use of NPDES permits for discharges from municipal separate storm sewers systems in urbanized areas as a tool for defining the federal/state/municipal relationship for addressing stormwater management. |
|
