It wasn't until the creation of _______________ that a direct Federal role was established for water pollution control.

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in 1970 by the United States government to consolidate the federal government's environmental regulations and enforcement capabilities into one agency. The EPA took over the role of regulating and enforcing laws related to air and water quality, making it the first time that a direct federal role was established for water pollution control. Prior to this, the responsibility fell on individual states or agencies, such as the US Army Corps of Engineers, and there was no unified national approach to addressing water pollution. The other options, the Uniform Standard Emission Act and the 1948 Water Quality Act, were important in the history of US environmental regulation, but did not establish a direct federal role for water pollution control.

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