Sentences with phrase «water act directs»

But the 1972 Clean Water Act directs EPA to review state water quality plans, require any improvements needed to make waters «fishable and swimmable,» and to review and approve plans to limit pollutant loads to protect water quality.

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The closure of the club is in direct response to its violations of U.S. law - the Clean Water Act.
The rotelle - shaped molecule — known as a «pi - conjugated spoked - wheel macrocycle» — acts the opposite of polarizing sunglasses, which screen out glare reflected off water and other surfaces and allow only direct sunlight to enter the eyes.
And that additional water vapour would in turn cause further warming - this being a positive feedback, in which carbon dioxide acts as a direct regulator of temperature, and is then joined in that role by more water vapour as temperatures increase.
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri — 5 years, 23 before that (no Director nom)-- Argo The Shape of Water — 22 years (no SAG Cast nom)-- Braveheart Phantom Thread — 32 years (no major guild win)-- Out of Africa Lady Bird — 37 years (no below - the - line nominations)-- Ordinary People Call Me By Your Name — 84 years (fewer than five nominations)-- Cavalcade Get Out — 84 years (fewer than five nominations)-- Cavalcade Darkest Hour — 85 years (no directing or writing nominations)-- Grand Hotel Dunkirk — 85 years (no acting or writing nominations)-- Grand Hotel The Post — 85 years (no directing or writing nominations)-- Grand Hotel
A film as well written, well acted, well photographed and well directed as Hell or High Water is rare.
THR two time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson sticks toe back in the acting waters after years of retirement... from acting at least / Film Barbra Streisand is supposedly going to direct a Catherine the Great movie.
The front flippers move sea turtles through the water, while their back flippers act as rudders to direct their path.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 30, 2015 / PRNewswire / — BorgWarner produces its mini direct - acting variable force solenoid (VFS) in Water Valley, Mississippi, for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet Malibu hybrid and Cadillac ELR as well as future General Motors (GM) vehicle applications...
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, directs the President, at section 311 (j)(1)(C)(33 U.S.C. 1321 (j)(1)(C)-RRB- and section 311 (j)(5)(33 U.S.C. 1321 (j)(5)-RRB-, respectively, to issue regulations «establishing procedures, methods, and equipment and other requirements for equipment to prevent discharges of oil and hazardous substances from vessels and from onshore facilities and offshore facilities, and to contain such discharges.»
Lastly, keep in mind that fish food and the act of feeding the fish have a direct impact on aquarium water.
As far as this historic period is concerned, the reconstruction of past temperatures based on deep boreholes in deep permafrost is one of the best past temperature proxies we have (for the global regions with permafrost — polar regions and mountainous regions)-- as a signal of average temperatures it's even more accurate than historic direct measurements of the air temperature, since the earth's upper crust acts as a near perfect conservator of past temperatures — given that no water circulation takes place, which is precisely the case in permafrost where by definition the water is frozen.
A direct consequence of the «disaster» was, of course, the Clean Water Act of 1972.
Humans have no direct control over atmospheric concentrations of water vapour, although it can act as an enhancer for any global warming.
«She's led the fight to hold BP accountable for the environmental and economic damage of its spill, and worked hard to ensure that the RESTORE Act directed 80 % of the Clean Water Act fines to restoration and recovery of the Gulf Coast.»
And that additional water vapour would in turn cause further warming - this being a positive feedback, in which carbon dioxide acts as a direct regulator of temperature, and is then joined in that role by more water vapour as temperatures increase.
In a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) raised concerns that the proposed rule «Definition of Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act» would have «direct, significant effects» on small businesses.
Indoor plants Move house plants into shady positions or away from direct sun and sit on an old wet towel in the bath or a sink to act as a reservoir that will slowly allow the plant to take up water over a number of days.
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