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Ned Witte authored a chapter in “The Clean Water Act Handbook, Fourth Edition"

Since 2003, Ned Witte has been an integral part in the creation of The Clean Water Act Handbook. In the most recent edition, he contributed a chapter dedicated to Nonpoint Source Pollution Control. This updated handbook provides a definitive practical resource to the provisions and complexities of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and how it continues to evolve. Written by some of the country’s most knowledgeable experts on the CWA, this practical guide is a compilation of their experience in understanding this complex statute, its implementing regulations and guidelines, and the impact of recent developments. Beginning with an overview of the law’s provisions and pertinent regulation and enforcement issues, subsequent chapters address specific issues, such as:

• NPDES permits
• Control of publicly owned treatment works
• Requirements applicable to indirect discharges
• The regulation of wetlands and the impact of recent judicial decisions
• Oil and hazardous substance spills
• Enforcement options under Section 309
• Judicial review
• Federal facilities

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