Glossary


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A law or regulation that consists of the beneficial use or uses of a waterbody, the numeric and narrative water quality criteria that are necessary to protect the use or uses of that particular waterbody, and an antidegradation statement. [Report to Congress: Impacts and Control of CSOs and SSOs, US (EPA EPA, 2004, pg. GL-4-5; ) [40 CFR 130.3]