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Article: Protecting water quality and salmon in the Columbia basin: the case for state certification of federal dams.
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- Environmental Law
- Article date:
- September 22, 2008
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I. INTRODUCTION
II. THE CLEAN WATER ACT: PURPOSE AND BASIC FRAMEWORK
A. Effluent Limitations and NPDES Permits
B. Water Quality Standards
III. DAMS AND THE CLEAN WATER ACT
A. The Gorsuch Decision: Exempting Dams from the NPDES Program
B. Enforcing Water Quality Standards Against Dams
1. Section 401: State Certification of Private Dams
a. S.D. Warren: Of Dams and "Discharges"
b. The Effect of the State Certification Requirement
i. On the State's Terms
ii. The Public's Influence
2. Federal Dams: Polluters In Need of Enforcement
a. Section 313: Federal Duty to Comply with ...