| Briefing Date: | 06/14/2001 |
| Topic: | Assessing the TMDL Approach to Water Quality Management |
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
National Research Council
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Water Science and Technology Board
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Congressional Briefings
Thursday, June 14, 2001
2253 Rayburn House Ofc. Bldg. -- 9:30 a.m.
and
628 Dirksen Senate Ofc. Bldg. -- 4:30 p.m.
on
Assessing the TMDL Approach to Water Quality Management
by
Kenneth H. Reckhow, Professor, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina and Chair, Committee to Assess the Scientific Basis of the Total Maximum Daily Load Approach to Water Pollution Reduction, Water Science and Technology Board, The National Academies
Requested by Congress in PL 106-377, this new report examines the scientific basis of a federal program requiring states not to exceed a total maximum daily load, or TMDL, for water pollutants. The program was initiated as part of the 1972 Clean Water Act, but was largely overlooked in previous decades as states focused on controlling industrial and municipal sources of pollution. Now the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is drafting final rules for the TMDL program, which is targeted at cleaning up more than 21,000 polluted river segments, lakes, and estuaries.
These briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on June 15, 2001 and is available online, in its entirety, through the Web site of the National Academies Press.
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