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SWMP correct answer: Stormwater Management Plan ESCP correct answer: Erosion and Sediment Control Plan 1948 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) correct answer: First significant water pollution act. Focused primarily on two items: 1. Gave the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service authority to prepare programs for reducing interstate water pollution and improve the sanitary condition of surface and underground waters. 2. Gave the Federal Works Agency (FWA) authority to assist states, municipalities, and interstate agencies in constructing treatment plants to prevent discharges of inadequately treated sewage and other wastes into interstate waters. 1952 and 1955 Amendments to the FWPCA correct answer: The 1952 amendment extended the act for three years. The 1955 Amendment made the act permanent. 1961 Amendments to the FWPCA correct answer: The 1961 amendment is the initial regulation that keyed into special designation resources. Demanded that federal agencies, when surveying or planning for any reservoir, must consider storage to regulate streamflow for water quality control. 1970 Reorganization Plans #3 and #4 correct answer: Reorganization Plan #3 created the EPA, abolished the Federal Water Quality Administration in the Department of