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8 <br />RULES & REGULATIONS -FEDERAL <br />Clean Water Act (CWA) <br />✓Became law on October 18, 1972 <br />✓Two main goals: <br />▪Making all waters “fishable and swimmable” by 1983 <br />▪Zero water pollution discharge by 1985 <br />Spill Prevention, Control, and <br />Countermeasures (SPCC) <br />✓SPCC is a rule Under the CWA originally <br />published in 1973 <br />✓The main goal: <br />▪Prevent oil from reaching navigable <br />waters and adjoining shorelines, and <br />to contain discharges of oil.