National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

Target entity: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Context triple: [United States Environmental Protection Agency, oversightOf, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System]

• A. Clean Water Act
  The Clean Water Act is a landmark U.S. environmental law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s waters and sets water quality standards to protect human health and aquatic ecosystems.
• B. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment.
• C. National Ambient Air Quality Standards
  The National Ambient Air Quality Standards are U.S. federal air pollution limits that set maximum allowable concentrations of key pollutants in outdoor air to protect public health and the environment.
• D. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
  The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is a binational accord between the United States and Canada that establishes shared commitments and coordinated actions to protect and restore the water quality and ecosystem health of the Great Lakes.
• E. United States Environmental Protection Agency
  The United States Environmental Protection Agency is a federal government agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment through regulation, enforcement, and environmental research in the United States.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Target entity description: The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System is a U.S. regulatory permitting program that controls water pollution by regulating point-source discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States.

• A. Clean Water Act
  The Clean Water Act is a landmark U.S. environmental law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s waters and sets water quality standards to protect human health and aquatic ecosystems.
• B. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment.
• C. National Ambient Air Quality Standards
  The National Ambient Air Quality Standards are U.S. federal air pollution limits that set maximum allowable concentrations of key pollutants in outdoor air to protect public health and the environment.
• D. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
  The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement is a binational accord between the United States and Canada that establishes shared commitments and coordinated actions to protect and restore the water quality and ecosystem health of the Great Lakes.
• E. United States Environmental Protection Agency
  The United States Environmental Protection Agency is a federal government agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment through regulation, enforcement, and environmental research in the United States.
• F. None of above. chosen