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Water flowing from pipeClean Water Act and TMDLs
Congressional Research Service.
A Sep 1997 report covering the authorization, implementation, impacts, and future direction of the Clean Water Act in relation to total maximum daily loads. See also the section on TMDLs in another CRS report, Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act (Apr 6, 2000).
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Debate Rages Over New Rules for TMDLs
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Bay Journal.
A Mar 2000 article discussing the controversy surrounding the implementation of TMDL rules according to the Clean Water Act.
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EPA Reasserts Support for TMDL Proposal Despite Critics
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Bay Journal.
A Jun 2000 article covering the EPA's role in implementing TMDL rules. See also Legislators skeptical about TMDL proposal from EPA, from Apr 2000.
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Assessing the TMDL Approach to Water Quality Management
National Academies Press.
Report focuses on how scientific data and information should be used within the TMDL program.
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Keeping Track of TMDLs in California
California Forest Stewardship Program.
Explains the TMDL process and lists a timetable for rivers in California.
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The New Face of the Clean Water Act: A Critical Review of the EPA's Proposed TMDL Rules  (PDF|208KB)
Resources for the Future.
A Mar 2000 discussion paper analyzing and evaluating the Environmental Protection Agency's TMDL rules.
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Unleashing the Clean Water Act: The Promise and Challenge of the TMDL Approach to Water Quality  (PDF|156KB)
Resources for the Future.
Provides a brief but thorough introduction to the implementation of TMDL rules.
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Voluntary Agricultural Resource Management Plans to Address Nonpoint Source Pollution Issues Under the Clean Water Act
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.
Describes a strategy for a voluntary program that addresses impaired waters under the TMDL provisions of the Clean Water Act.
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