[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 88 (Thursday, May 25, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       CLEAN WATER ACT AMENDMENTS

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                            HON. FRANK RIGGS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 24, 1995
  Mr. RIGGS. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased that the House approved 
amendment No. 66 to H.R. 961, the Clean Water Amendments of 1995, 
without objection. Under its terms, municipal wastewater reuse 
facilities that utilize advanced treatment will be added to the 
existing section 404(f) activities not requiring permits. By 
facilitating the regulatory process for those cities that have treated 
wastewater to a high degree, the effect of the amendment will be to 
encourage the use of properly treated wastewater to restore degraded 
wetlands and create new wetlands.
  In specifying municipal wastewater treatment facilities in the 
amendment, I was not implying that other, nonmunicipal wastewater reuse 
activities that utilize advanced treatment for similar purposes now 
require a permit under the act if exempted by other provisions. My 
amendment does not affect those other provisions of the Clean Water 
Act. Thus wastewater reuse facilities which have long been exempt, such 
as those operated successfully by the forest products industry, would 
continue to be exempt from the permit process.


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