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Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Analysis and the Clean Water Act
Author(s) -
Diffenderfer Michelle,
Diffenderfer Robert
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.5942/jawwa.2012.104.0099
Subject(s) - clean water act , wetland , statute , cumulative effects , natural resource , environmental planning , clean air act , environmental law , business , environmental resource management , environmental protection , environmental science , political science , law , water quality , ecology , biology , air pollution
At the U.S. national level, responsibility for protecting natural resources is spread among multiple environmental statutes and regulations administered by several agencies. Land development or any activity involving a wetland inevitably triggers those regulations. This article discusses the secondary and cumulative impacts doctrines under the Clean Water Act.