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NPDES Permits The National Pollution Discharge Elimination System has its permit requirements based in laws passed in the late 1800s. At that time, people in this country were interested in conserving its environment and natural resources. As the country expanded due to immigration, the need for economic growth eliminated concern for environmental conservation. Almost 60 years later, the largely college educated "baby boom" generation began to realize the need for environmental conservation. Hence, these old laws were used in some of the early water pollution litigation cases that was the basis for the recent environmental movement.
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