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Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

Amending the CWA Section 404 Regulation that Defines the Term "Discharge of Dredged Material"

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Amending Discharge of Dredge Material (40CFRpart232) (PDF)(5 pp, 35 K, May 10, 1999)