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91 Tul. L. Rev. 157 (2016-2017)

handle is hein.journals/tulr91 and id is 167 raw text is: COMMENTS Nutrient Pollution and the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone: Will Des Moines Water Works Be a Turning Point? Amanda L. Crawford* I. INTRODUCTION...........................................158 II. THE CURRENT REGULATORY REGIME ......................160 A. Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Clean Water Act Amendments ................160 B. Basic Regulatory Framework of the Clean Water Act.............................161 C Reaching Nonpohmt Source Pollution: Water Quahty Standards, the TMDL Program, and the Section 319 National Monitoring Program..................163 D. Agricultural Exemptions.. ..................165 E The Farm Bill and Agricultural Subsidies ... .....167 HI. How HAVE OTHER REGIONS ADDRESSED SIMILAR ISSUES? ................... ............ 169 A. The Chesapeake Bay....................169 B. Florida .......................... .......171 C Lake Erie................. ..............173 D. The Mississippi and the Gulf What Has Been Done So Far?. ............................175 IV. MOvING FORWARD: WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS? ........................... .......178 A. Mississippi/Gulf ofMexico TMDL ....... .........179 B. Numeric Nutrient Criteia ............. ......180 C Section 319 Conference ............... ......181 D. Utilize the Farm Bill............. ........182 E Expand the NPDES Program-The Des Moines Water Works Case .............................183 * C 2016 Amanda L. Crawford. J.D. candidate 2017, Thlane University Law School; B.S. 2011, Pennsylvania State University. I would like to thank Professor Mark Davis for his thoughtful guidance and advice in legal writing, water law, and life. I am very grateful to the members and staff of the Thane LawReview for their careful editing and hard work in making this publication possible. Finally, I would like to thank my friends and family for their continuous support and encouragement. 157

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