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chapter for any State which does not have an ap- 

 proved continuing planning process under this 

 section. 



(3 I The Administrator shall approve any contin- 

 uing planning process submitted to him under this 

 section which will result in plans for all navigable 

 waters within such State, which include, but are 

 not limited to. the following: 



(A) effluent limitations and schedules of com- 

 pliance at least as stringent as those required by 

 section 1311(b) (1), section 1311(b)(2), section 

 1316. and section 1317 of this title, and at least as 

 stringent as any requirements contained in any 

 applicable water quality standard in effect under 

 authority of this section; 



(B) the incorporation of all elements of any 

 applicable area-wide waste management plans 

 under section 1288 of this title, and applicable 

 basin plans under section 1289 of this title; 



(Ci total maximum daily load for pollutants in 

 accordance with subsection (di of this section; 



(D> procedures for revision: 



(E) adequate authority for intergovernmental 

 cooperation ; 



(P> adequate implementation, including sched- 

 ules of compliance, for revised or new water qual- 

 ity standards, under subsection (c) of this section; 



(G) controls over the disposition of all residual 

 waste from any water treatment processing; 



(H> an inventory and ranking, in order of 

 priority, of needs for construction of waste treat- 

 ment works required to meet the applicable re- 

 quirements of sections 1311 and 1312 of this title. 



(f) Earlier compliance. 



Nothing in this section shall be construed to af- 

 fect any effluent limitation, or schedule of compli- 

 ance required by any State to be implemented prior 

 to the dates set forth in sections 1311(b)(1) and 1311 

 (b) (2) of this title nor to preclude any State from 

 requiring compliance with any effluent limitation or 

 schedule of compliance at dates earlier than such 

 dates. 



(g) Heat standards. 



Water quality standards relating to heat shall be 

 consistent with the requirements of section 1326 of 

 this title. 



(h) Thermal water quality standards. 



For the purposes of this chapter the term "water 

 quality standards" includes thermal water quality 

 standards. (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title III, § 303, as 

 added Oct. 18, 1972. Pub. L. 92-500, § 2, 86 Stat. 846. i 



§ 1314. Information and guidelines. 



(a) Criteria development and publication. 



(1) The Administrator, after consultation with 

 appropriate Federal and State agencies and other 

 interested persons, shall develop and publish, within 

 one year after October 18, 1972 (and from time to 

 time thereafter revise) criteria for water quality 

 accurately reflecting the latest scientific knowledge 

 (A) on the kind and extent of all identifiable effects 

 on health and welfare including, but not limited to. 



plankton, fish, shellfish, wildlife, plant life, shore- 

 lines, beaches, esthetics, and recreation which may 

 be expected from the presence of pollutants in any 

 body of water, including ground water; (Bi on the 

 concentration and dispersal of pollutants, or their 

 byproducts, through biological, physical, and chem- 

 ical processes; and (C) on the effects of pollutants 

 on biological community diversity, productivity, and 

 stability, including information on the factors af- 

 fecting rates of eutrophication and rates of organic 

 and inoi-ganic sedimentation for varying types of 

 receiving waters. 



( 2 1 The Administrator, after consultation with ap- 

 propriate Federal and State agencies and other in- 

 terested persons, shall develop and publish, within 

 one year after October 18. 1972 (and from time to 

 time thereafter revise) information (A) on the 

 factors necessary to restore and maintain the 

 chemical, physical, and biological integrity of all 

 navigable waters, ground waters, waters of the con- 

 tiguous zone, and the oceans: (B) on the factors 

 necessary for the protection and propagation of 

 shellfish, fish, and wildlife for classes and categories 

 of receiving waters and to allow recreational activi- 

 ties in and on the water: and (Ci on the measure- 

 ment and classification of water quality; and (D) 

 for the purpose of section 1313 of this title, on and 

 the identification of pollutants suitable for maxi- 

 mum daily load measurement correlated with the 

 achievement of water quality objectives. 



(3) Such criteria and information and revisions 

 thereof shall be issued to the States and shall be pub- 

 lished in the Federal Register and otherwise made 

 available to the public. 



(b) Effluent limitation guidelines. 



For the purpose of adopting or revising effluent 

 limitations under this chapter the Administrator 

 shall, after consultation with appropriate Federal 

 and State agencies and other interested persons, 

 publish within one year of October 18, 1972, regula- 

 tions, providing guidelines for effluent limitations, 

 and, at least annually thereafter, revise, if appropri- 

 ate, such regulations. Such regulations shall — 



(l)(Ai identify, in terms of amounts of con- 

 stituents and chemical, physical, and biological 

 characteristics of pollutants, the degree of effluent 

 reduction attainable through the application of 

 the best practicable control technology currently 

 available for classes and categories of point sources 

 (Other than publicly owned treatment works) ; and 

 (Bi specify factors to be taken into account in 

 determining the control measures and practices to 

 be applicable to point sources lotlier than publicly 

 owned treatment works) within such categories or 

 classes. Factors relating to the asse.ssment of best 

 practicable control technology currently availa- 

 ble to comply with subsection (b)(1) of section 

 1311 of this title shall include consideration of the 

 total cost of application of technology in relation 

 to the effluent reduction benefits to be achieved 

 from such application, and shall also take into 

 account the age of equipment and facilities 

 involved, the process employed, the engineering 

 aspects of the application of various types of 

 control techniques, process changes, non-water 

 quality environmental impact (including energy 



