Environmental - Clean Water Act

Federal, state and local water quality regulations are developed to protect surface and groundwater from pollution, and to maintain drinking water quality. Current regulations and preservation activities are taking a watershed management approach to protect and preserve existing waters and improve the quality of impaired waters for specific functional uses.

Under the Clean Water Act and related state and local programs, manufacturers and industry are subject to water pollution control programs, including wastewater standards, stormwater management, and spill prevention (see Emergency Planning and Emergency Response).

Contact Fairfax Compliance Group with questions on water quality compliance, SPCC Plans, stormwater plans, NPDES permits, and more.

  • Clean Water Act (CWA)
  • Oil Pollution Prevention Act (OPP)
  • National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination Systems
  • Stormwater Management Plans
  • Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

More in this section:

Regulatory Update

  • PHMSA Final Rule effective October 1, 2011.  PHMSA is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on May 5, 2011 (76 FR 25576). That final rule amended the Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations to address rural low-stress hazardous liquid pipelines that were not covered previously by safety regulations. This document corrects an error in the final rule regarding the compliance date for identifying all segments of a Category 3 low-stress pipeline.

Compliance Calendar

  • November 22, 2011  Notification of Compliance Status Report due for Area Source NESHAP 9 Metal Fabrication and Finishing Sources (Subpart XXXXXX)

Compliance Specialists focused on industry's concerns.