The agencies issue permits and treatment standards to enforce the requirements. The law authorizes the state to adopt and enforce any requirements of the federal Clean Water Act. The EPA may directly administer and enforce the requirements or it can delegate this power to the state. The law requires the EPA to review and update standards every two years to include new scientific information. The EPA is charged with developing risk assessments on any additional pollutants that may be determined to pose a potential risk.
Compliance dates Compliance dates are established in the federal law.
Extensions can only be made by congressional action to revise the Clean Water Act. If construction of treatment facilities is required to comply with the standards, you must have facilities complete and operational by Feb. 19, 1995. Persons who generate, use or dispose of sludge are required by regulation to follow these minimum standards. The DNR is the primary contact for questions about both state and federal sludge requirements. A Missouri sludge program began in 1979.