effluent guidelinesの例文
- Effluent Guidelines are implemented in water discharge permits issued to facilities through the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ( NPDES ).
- Effluent Guidelines currently control pollution from close to 60, 000 industrial facilities and annually prohibit the discharge of 700 billion pounds of pollutants into U . S . surface waters.
- National standards for industrial dischargers are called " Effluent guidelines " ( for existing sources ) and water quality standards for individual water bodies to provide additional protection where the national standards are insufficient.
- To date, the effluent guidelines and categorical pretreatment standards regulations have been published for 56 categories and apply to between 35, 000 and 45, 000 facilities that discharge directly to the nation's waters.
- The secondary treatment standards for POTWs and the effluent guidelines are implemented through NPDES permits . ( See Title IV . ) The categorical pretreatment standards are typically implemented by POTWs through permits that they issue to their industrial users.
- The Maximum Achievable Control Technology ( MACT ) regulations in the CR became effective in 2001, while the best available technology economically achievable ( BAT ) effluent guidelines became effective upon renewal of the plant s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ( NPDES ) permit, which typically occurs on a five-year cycle.
- The law requires the United States Environmental Protection Agency ( responsible for water quality regulation at a national level under the U . S . Clean Water Act to develop " effluent guidelines "-national industry-specific effluent limitations based on the performance of existing control technologies, including " best conventional pollutant control technology, " " best practicable control technology, " and " best available technology economically achievable ."