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Tribal Water Quality Standards Binding
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1997.tb08250.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , clean water act , water quality , environmental protection , political science , quality (philosophy) , law , business , environmental planning , public administration , environmental science , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
In 1987, the US Congress amended the Clean Water Act (CWA) to authorize the US Environmental Protection Agency to treat Indian tribes as states under certain circumstances for purposes of the CWA. Isleta Pueblo adopted water quality standards that were approved by the USEPA. These standards are more stringent than New Mexico's standards. Albuquerque challenged the approval. The trial and appellate court ruled for the USEPA.