National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

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environmental regulatory program permitting system water pollution control program

The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System is a U.S. regulatory permitting program that controls water pollution by regulating point-source discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
NPDES 4
Section 402 NPDES permit program 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf environmental regulatory program ⓘ
permitting system ⓘ
water pollution control program ⓘ
administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
allowsDelegationTo states ⓘ
appliesTo concentrated animal feeding operations ⓘ
industrial facilities ⓘ
municipal wastewater treatment plants ⓘ
stormwater discharges ⓘ
authorizes discharge of pollutants under specified conditions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
covers coastal waters ⓘ
lakes ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
streams ⓘ
surface waters ⓘ
enactedInYear 1972 ⓘ
enforcementBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
authorized state agencies ⓘ
excludes nonpoint source runoff ⓘ
unconfined agricultural runoff ⓘ
focusesOn effluent quality ⓘ
pollutant loadings ⓘ
geographicJurisdiction federal ⓘ
goal to restore and maintain the biological integrity of the Nation's waters ⓘ
to restore and maintain the chemical integrity of the Nation's waters ⓘ
to restore and maintain the physical integrity of the Nation's waters ⓘ
implementedThrough NPDES permits ⓘ
includesComponent construction stormwater permitting ⓘ
industrial wastewater permitting ⓘ
multi-sector general permits ⓘ
municipal separate storm sewer system permitting ⓘ
legalBasis Clean Water Act ⓘ
Clean Water Act ⓘ
surface form: Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972
monitors compliance with effluent limits ⓘ
purpose to control water pollution ⓘ
to regulate point-source discharges of pollutants ⓘ
regulates discharge of pollutants ⓘ
discharges into waters of the United States ⓘ
point sources ⓘ
regulatoryMechanism permit system ⓘ
relatedTo Clean Water Act ⓘ
surface form: United States Clean Water Act Section 402
requires best management practices ⓘ
discharge permits ⓘ
effluent limitations ⓘ
monitoring and reporting ⓘ
scope waters of the United States ⓘ
shortName National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NPDES
typeOfPollutionControlled water pollution ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clean Water Act → abbreviation → National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ⓘ
this entity surface form: NPDES
CWA → abbreviation → National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ⓘ
subject surface form: Clean Water Act
this entity surface form: NPDES
Public Law 92-500 → abbreviation → National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ⓘ
this entity surface form: NPDES
Public Law 92-500 → createsProgram → National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ⓘ
Clean Water Act → establishes → National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ⓘ
CWA → establishesProgram → National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ⓘ
subject surface form: Clean Water Act
Public Law 92-500 → includes → National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Section 402 NPDES permit program
United States Environmental Protection Agency → oversightOf → National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ⓘ
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System → shortName → National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NPDES