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Heat standards. "Water quality standards."

PUBLIC LAW 92-500-OCT. 18, 1972

[86 STAT.

" (A) effluent limitations and schedules of compliance at least as stringent as those required by section 301(b)(1), section 301 (b)(2), section 306, and section 307, and at least as stringent as any requirements contained in any applicable water quality standard in effect under authority of this section; " (B) the incorporation of all elements of any applicable areawide waste management plans under section 208, and applicable basin plans under section 209 of this Act; " (C) total maximum daily load for pollutants in accordance with subsection (d) of this section; " (D) procedures for revision; " (E) adequate authority for intergovernmental cooperation; " (F) adequate implementation, including schedules of com' pliance, for revised or new water quality standards, under subsection (c) of this section; " (G) controls over the disposition of all residual waste from any water treatment processing; " (H) an inventory and ranking, in order of priority, of needs for construction of waste treatment works required to meet the applicable requirements of sections 301 and 302. " (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any effluent limitation, or schedule of compliance required by any State to be implemented prior to the dates set forth in sections 301(b)(1) and 301 (b)(2) nor to preclude any State from requiring compliance with any effluent limitation or schedule of compliance at dates earlier than such dates. " (g) Water quality standards relating to heat shall be consistent with the requirements of section 316 of this Act. " (h) Foi* the purposes of this Act the tenii 'water quality standards' includes thermal water quality standards. "INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES

Water quality criteria publication.

"SEC. 304. (a)(1) The Administrator, after consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies and other interested persons, shall develop and publish, within one year after the date of enactment of this title (and from time to time thereafter revise) criteria for water quality accurately reflecting the latest scientific knowledge (A) on the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on health and welfare including, but not limited to, plankton, fish, shellfish, wildlife, plant life, shorelines, beaches, esthetics, and recreation which may be expected from the presence of pollutants in any body of water, including ground water; (B) on the concentration and dispersal of pollutants, or their 'byproducts, through biological, physical, and chemical processes; and (C) on the effects of pollutants on biological community diversity, productivity, and stability, including information on the factors affecting rates of eutrophication and rates of organic and inorganic sedimentation for varying types of receiving waters. "(2) The Administrator, after consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies and other interested persons, shall develop and publish, within one year after the date of enactment of this title (and from time to time thereafter revise) information (A) on the factors necessary to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of all navigable waters, giound watere, waters of the contiguous zone, and the oceans; (B) on the factor's necessary for the protection and propagation of shellfish, fish, and wildlife for classes and categories of receiving waters and to allow recreational activities in and on the water; and (C) on the measuT'ement and classification of water quality; and (D) for the purpose of section 303, on and the

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