[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 794 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 794

   To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to deem certain 
     municipal treatment facilities as the equivalent of secondary 
                               treatment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 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 treatment facilities as the equivalent of secondary 
                               treatment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MUNICIPAL TREATMENT FACILITIES TO BE DEEMED THE EQUIVALENT 
              OF SECONDARY TREATMENT.

    Section 304(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1314(d)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following:
    ``(5) For purposes of this subsection, any municipal treatment 
facility employing chemically enhanced primary treatment that 
discharges via an ocean outfall into an open marine environment over 
4.0 miles off-shore into a depth exceeding 300 feet and is in 
compliance with all local and State receiving body water quality 
standards shall be deemed the equivalent of secondary treatment.''.
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