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US CodeTitle 33Chapter 26

Chapter 26

WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters

122 sections

Sections

§ 1251

Congressional declaration of goals and policy

Long

§ 1252

Comprehensive programs for water pollution control

Long

§ 1252a

Reservoir projects, water storage; modification; storage for other than for water quality, opinion of Federal agency, committee resolutions of approval; provisions inapplicable to projects with certain prescribed water quality benefits in relation to total project benefits

Short

§ 1253

Interstate cooperation and uniform laws

Short

§ 1254

Research, investigations, training, and information

Very long

§ 1254a

Research on effects of pollutants

Short

§ 1255

Grants for research and development

Long

§ 1256

Grants for pollution control programs

Medium

§ 1257

Mine water pollution control demonstrations

Medium

§ 1257a

State demonstration programs for cleanup of abandoned mines for use as waste disposal sites; authorization of appropriations

Short

§ 1258

Pollution control in the Great Lakes

Medium

§ 1259

Training grants and contracts

Medium

§ 1260

Applications; allocation

Medium

§ 1261

Scholarships

Medium

§ 1262

Definitions and authorizations

Short

§ 1263

Alaska village demonstration projects

Medium

§ 1263a

Grants to Alaska to improve sanitation in rural and Native villages

Short

§ 1265

In-place toxic pollutants

Very short

§ 1266

Hudson River reclamation demonstration proj­ect

Medium

§ 1267

Chesapeake Bay

Long

§ 1268

Great Lakes

Very long

§ 1268a

Great Lakes restoration activities report

Medium

§ 1269

Long Island Sound

Long

§ 1270

Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program

Long

§ 1271

Sediment survey and monitoring

Medium

§ 1271a

Research and development program

Short

§ 1272

Environmental dredging

Medium

§ 1273

Lake Pontchartrain Basin

Medium

§ 1274

Watershed pilot projects

Medium

§ 1275

Columbia River Basin Restoration

Long

§ 1276

Enhanced aquifer use and recharge

Short

§ 1276a

San Francisco Bay restoration grant program

Long

§ 1276b

Puget Sound

Very long

§ 1281

Congressional declaration of purpose

Long

§ 1281a

Total treatment system funding

Short

§ 1281b

Availability of Farmers Home Administration funds for non-Federal share

Very short

§ 1282

Federal share

Long

§ 1283

Plans, specifications, estimates, and payments

Long

§ 1284

Limitations and conditions

Long

§ 1285

Allotment of grant funds

Very long

§ 1286

Reimbursement and advanced construction

Long

§ 1287

Authorization of appropriations

Short

§ 1288

Areawide waste treatment management

Very long

§ 1289

Basin planning

Short

§ 1290

Annual survey

Very short

§ 1291

Sewage collection systems

Short

§ 1292

Definitions

Medium

§ 1293

Loan guarantees

Medium

§ 1293a

Contained spoil disposal facilities

Long

§ 1294

Public information and education on recycling and reuse of wastewater, use of land treatment, and reduction of wastewater volume

Very short

§ 1295

Requirements for American materials

Short

§ 1296

Determination of priority of projects

Short

§ 1297

Guidelines for cost-effectiveness analysis

Very short

§ 1298

Cost effectiveness

Medium

§ 1299

State certification of projects

Short

§ 1300

Pilot program for alternative water source projects

Medium

§ 1301

Sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants

Long

§ 1302

Wastewater efficiency grant pilot program

Medium

§ 1302a

Clean water infrastructure resiliency and sustainability program

Long

§ 1302b

Small and medium publicly owned treatment works circuit rider program

Medium

§ 1302c

Small publicly owned treatment works efficiency grant program

Short

§ 1302d

Grants for construction and refurbishing of individual household decentralized wastewater systems for individuals with low or moderate income

Medium

§ 1302e

Connection to publicly owned treatment works

Medium

§ 1302f

Stormwater infrastructure technology

Long

§ 1311

Repealed

Effluent limitations

Very long

§ 1312

Water quality related effluent limitations

Medium

§ 1313

Water quality standards and implementation plans

Very long

§ 1313a

Revised water quality standards

Short

§ 1314

Information and guidelines

Very long

§ 1314a

Wastewater technology clearinghouse

Short

§ 1315

State reports on water quality

Medium

§ 1316

National standards of performance

Medium

§ 1317

Toxic and pretreatment effluent standards

Long

§ 1318

Records and reports; inspections

Medium

§ 1319

Enforcement

Very long

§ 1320

International pollution abatement

Long

§ 1321

Repealed

Oil and hazardous substance liability

Very long

§ 1321a

Prevention of small oil spills

Medium

§ 1321b

Improved coordination with tribal governments

Medium

§ 1321c

International efforts on enforcement

Very short

§ 1322

Repealed

Marine sanitation devices; discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels

Very long

§ 1323

Federal facilities pollution control

Long

§ 1324

Clean lakes

Long

§ 1325

National Study Commission

Medium

§ 1326

Thermal discharges

Medium

§ 1328

Aquaculture

Short

§ 1329

Nonpoint source management programs

Very long

§ 1330

National estuary program

Long

§ 1341

Certification

Long

§ 1342

National pollutant discharge elimination system

Very long

§ 1343

Ocean discharge criteria

Medium

§ 1344

Permits for dredged or fill material

Very long

§ 1345

Disposal or use of sewage sludge

Long

§ 1346

Coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification

Long

§ 1361

Administration

Medium

§ 1362

Definitions

Long

§ 1363

Water Pollution Control Advisory Board

Medium

§ 1364

Repealed

Emergency powers

Short

§ 1365

Citizen suits

Medium

§ 1366

Appearance

Very short

§ 1367

Employee protection

Long

§ 1368

Federal procurement

Short

§ 1369

Administrative procedure and judicial review

Long

§ 1370

State authority

Short

§ 1371

Authority under other laws and regulations

Medium

§ 1372

Labor standards

Short

§ 1373

Public health agency coordination

Very short

§ 1374

Effluent Standards and Water Quality Information Advisory Committee

Medium

§ 1375

Reports to Congress; detailed estimates and comprehensive study on costs; State estimates

Long

§ 1375a

Report on coastal recreation waters

Short

§ 1376

Authorization of appropriations

Short

§ 1377

Indian tribes

Long

§ 1377a

Green infrastructure promotion

Short

§ 1381

Grants to States for establishment of revolving funds

Short

§ 1382

Capitalization grant agreements

Long

§ 1383

Water pollution control revolving loan funds

Long

§ 1384

Allotment of funds

Short

§ 1385

Corrective action

Short

§ 1386

Audits, reports, and fiscal controls; intended use plan

Medium

§ 1387

Authorization of appropriations

Very short

§ 1388

Requirements

Medium

§ 1389

Clean watersheds needs survey

Short