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Clean Water Act and TMDLs
Congressional Research Service.
A Sep 1997 report covering the authorization, implementation, impacts, and future direction of the Clean Water Act in relation to total maximum daily loads. See also the section on TMDLs in another CRS report, Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act (Apr 6, 2000).


	Debate Rages Over New Rules for TMDLs Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Bay Journal. A Mar 2000 article discussing the controversy surrounding the implementation of TMDL rules according to the Clean Water Act.

	EPA Reasserts Support for TMDL Proposal Despite Critics Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Bay Journal. A Jun 2000 article covering the EPA's role in implementing TMDL rules. See also Legislators skeptical about TMDL proposal from EPA, from Apr 2000.

Assessing the TMDL Approach to Water Quality Management
National Academies Press.
Report focuses on how scientific data and information should be used within the TMDL program.


	Keeping Track of TMDLs in California California Forest Stewardship Program. Explains the TMDL process and lists a timetable for rivers in California.

	The New Face of the Clean Water Act: A Critical Review of the EPA's Proposed TMDL Rules (PDF \| 208 KB) Resources for the Future. A Mar 2000 discussion paper analyzing and evaluating the Environmental Protection Agency's TMDL rules.

A Review of Waterbodies Listed as Impaired by Silvicultural Operations
Society of American Foresters.
Raises questions about EPA data on water quality impairment attributable to forestry. Implications for TMDLs are discussed.


	Scientific Issues in the Development of Total Maximum Daily Loads North Carolina State University. Water Resources Research Institute. A Director's Forum column with a focus on models from Kenneth H. Reckhow of the Water Resources Research Institute.

	Unleashing the Clean Water Act: The Promise and Challenge of the TMDL Approach to Water Quality (PDF \| 156 KB) Resources for the Future. Provides a brief but thorough introduction to the implementation of TMDL rules.

	Voluntary Agricultural Resource Management Plans to Address Nonpoint Source Pollution Issues Under the Clean Water Act National Association of State Departments of Agriculture. Describes a strategy for a voluntary program that addresses impaired waters under the TMDL provisions of the Clean Water Act.

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