The clean water act was passed in 1948 but back then it was called the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The act was reorganized and expanded in 1972 and changed the name to Clean Water Act and made some amendments. The clean water act makes it unlawful to discharge any pollutant from a point source into lakes‚ rivers and coastal waters‚ unless a permit is obtained‚ (epa.gov). Homes that are connected to a municipal system‚ use a septic system‚ or do not have a surface discharge do not need a
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Information Technology Acts There are several advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of certain acts. The two acts which will be discussed in this paper are the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000‚ and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Children’s Internet Protection Act‚ 2000 The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law which was passed by Congress to allocate the offensive content over the
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The Act allows the EPA to regulate the discharge of pollutants from industrial and municipal treatment plants and sewer systems. They also monitor pre-treated pollutants to ensure that industrial and municipal pollutants do not interfere with local sewer and water treatment plants. The Act ensures the collection of debris that may potentially make its way into major waterways. On a smaller scale
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Community Care legislation (The Disability Discrimination Act‚ People First‚ The Direct Payments Act) • The Disability Discrimination Act; this bans disability discrimination by employers against disabled job-seekers‚ discrimination from fellow employees and also by service providers against disabled service users. This is the main disability discrimination law‚ it imposes a duty on employers and service providers to make adjustments so that they can have access employment‚ access to and use of goods
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INDIAN EASEMENTS ACT‚ 1882 (Act No. 5 of Year 1882) An Act to define and amend the law relating to easements and licences WHEREAS it is expedient to define and amend the law relating to Easements and Licences. It is hereby enacted as follows: - PRELIMINARY 1. Short title - This Act may be called the Indian Easements Act‚ 1882. Local extent: It extends to the territories respectively administered by the Governor of Madras in Council and the Chief Commissioners of the Central Provinces
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Nursing Practice Act Being a former nursing student in the state of Pennsylvania I have had the Nursing Practice Act of Pennsylvania. Before this assignment I knew little of the Pennsylvania laws and absolutely none of the state of Florida. Every state has their set of laws‚ which is referred to the Nursing Practice Act. Every nursing student must have a copy. The nursing practice act ensures that anyone practicing does not fall below the minimum competency and does not present danger to the public
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History It can easily be said that the Stamp Act of 1765 was the beginning of the revolution for the colonies of North America. Before the Stamp Act‚ there were other failed attempts to tax the colonies by the British parliament. Each attempt to gain money from the colonies was unlawful because there was a lack of representation from Parliament. The Stamp Act of 1765 was very detailed and expensive for the colonists. The Stamp Act was the final act of taxation by Parliament before the colonies started
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DEFAMATION ACT 2013 ! The Defamation Act 2013 enacts significant reform‚ but does not try to replace the common law and start afresh. At the time of July 2013 the Act has not yet ‘commenced’ (came into force)‚ so that for the moment‚ the law remains strictly unchanged but it received a royal assent in April by Lord McNally stated the new act will take effect on 1 January 2014‚ bravely tries to codify large parts of case law as well as introducing some modest reforms.The Defamation Act 2013 creates
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How does the purpose of the book of Acts determine the interpretation of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost in Acts 2 (Jensen‚ 209-216)? “The primary purpose of Acts must have been edification‚ for it was inspired and written to profit for teaching‚ reproof‚ correction‚ and instruction in righteousness- a ministry of edifying of the church of God.” (Jensen 1981‚ p 210). As I searched the scriptures on this purpose of edification‚ I found I Corinthians 14‚ the whole chapter is dedicated
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Sarbanes Oxley Act Brandy Lafontaine Mrs. Ashley Harper‚ MS‚ CPA Auditing ACC 403 May 20‚ 2013 The Sarbanes Oxley Act was passed in 2002‚ and came into effect in response to major accounting scandals such as Enron. The Act was intended to restore the public’s confidence in the accounting profession and in the stock market. Sarbanes Oxley Act Section 802 pertains to corporate and criminal fraud accountability. The section imposes penalties of up to ten years imprisonment for accountants
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