[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3190 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3190

    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the 
    Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue a 
 discharge permit which modifies certain requirements with respect to 
   the discharge of pollutants into the ocean from a publicly owned 
treatment works where an aggressive water reclamation program is being 
                              implemented.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 1993

Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
 the Committees on Public Works and Transportation and Merchant Marine 
                             and Fisheries

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the 
    Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue a 
 discharge permit which modifies certain requirements with respect to 
   the discharge of pollutants into the ocean from a publicly owned 
treatment works where an aggressive water reclamation program is being 
                              implemented.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 301 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1311) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(q) Modified Permit Relating to Marine Environmental Protection 
Through Aggressive Water Reclamation Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator, with the concurrence 
        of the State, may issue a permit under section 402 which 
        modifies the requirements of subsection (b)(1)(B) of this 
        section with respect to the discharge of any pollutant from a 
        publicly owned treatment works into marine waters if the 
        applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator 
        that--
                    ``(A) such discharge is at a depth that the 
                Administrator determines will not damage the marine 
                environment;
                    ``(B) such discharge is subject to chemically 
                enhanced primary treatment; and
                    ``(C) the applicant is implementing an aggressive 
                water reclamation and reuse program that will result in 
                a significant reduction in the amount of suspended 
                solids mass load and effluent volume (measured on a 
                yearly basis) discharged into the marine environment. 
                The program must be cost effective and not result in an 
                unreasonable increase in sewer and water rates.
            ``(2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        phrase `the discharge of any pollutant into marine waters' has 
        the meaning such phrase has under subsection (h) of this 
        section.''.

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