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2.2.4 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency1 (EPA) administers various permitting programs to protect life and property against the adverse impacts of various forms of pollution.2 It administers the Clean Water Act (CWA), under which it approves the water quality standards that a State then applies in a water quality certification for an individual project.3 Under the Clean Air Act, it has general authority to review all environmental documents issued by federal agencies, including those issued by FERC.4

 

  1. See the EPA website, at http://www.epa.gov.

  2. See Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, section 1, codified at 5 U.S.C.app. 1.

  3. See CWA § 101, 33 U.S.C. § 1251(d).

  4. See CAA § 309, 42 U.S.C. § 7609.


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