

BMPs include methods, measures, practices, or design and performance standards which facilitate compliance with the section 404(b)(1) Guidelines ( 40 CFR part 230), effluent limitations or prohibitions under section 307(a), and applicable water quality standards.


1344(h)(3).īest management practices (BMPs) means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of waters of the United States from discharges of dredged or fill material. Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or an authorized representative.Īpplication means a form for applying for a permit to discharge dredged or fill material into waters of the United States.Īpproved program means a State program which has been approved by the Regional Administrator under part 233 of this chapter or which is deemed approved under section 404(h)(3), 33 U.S.C.
