The Clean Water Act:

A) gives the federal government the primary responsibility for regulating the country's waters.
B) lacks provisions for private action by affected citizens or groups of citizens.
C) sets up a permit system for dredging and filling activities in wetlands.
D) allows discharge only of domestic sewage to a publicly owned treatment works.

Clean Water Act

A significant United States federal law establishing the structure for regulating water pollution and aiming to maintain and restore the cleanliness of waters.

Wetlands

Areas of land where saturation with water is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities living in the soil and on its surface.