[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1943 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1943

   To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to deem certain 
municipal wastewater treatment facilities discharging into ocean waters 
          as the equivalent of secondary treatment facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 1995

Mr. Bilbray (for himself, Mr. Packard, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Hunter, and 
 Mr. Filner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to deem certain 
municipal wastewater treatment facilities discharging into ocean waters 
          as the equivalent of secondary treatment facilities.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``San Diego Coastal Corrections Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. COASTAL DISCHARGES.

    Section 304(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1314(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Coastal discharges.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        any municipal wastewater treatment facility shall be deemed the 
        equivalent of a secondary treatment facility if each of the 
        following requirements is met:
                    ``(A) The facility employs chemically enhanced 
                primary treatment.
                    ``(B) The facility, on the date of the enactment of 
                this paragraph, discharges through an ocean outfall 
                into an open marine environment greater than 4 miles 
                offshore into a depth greater than 300 feet.
                    ``(C) The facility's discharge is in compliance 
                with all local and State water quality standards for 
                the receiving waters.
                    ``(D) The facility's discharge will be subject to 
                an ocean monitoring program acceptable to relevant 
                Federal and State regulatory agencies.''.
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