Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/1621

 PUBLIC LAW 95-217—DEC. 27, 1977

91 STAT. 1587

the potential for significantly lower costs than the systems which have been determined by the Administrator to be economically achievable, the Administrator (or the State with an approved program under section 402, in consultation with the Administrator) may establish a date for compliance under subsection (b)(2)(A) of this section no later than July 1, 1987, if it is also determined that such innovative system has the potential for industrywide application.". INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES

SEC. 48. (a) Section 304(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 33 USC 1314. Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: "(4) The Adnynistrator shall, within 90 days after the date of Conventional enactment of the Clean Water Act of 1977 and froin time to time pollutants, thereafter, publish and revise as appropriate information identifying publication and conventional pollutants, including but not limited to, pollutants revision. classified as biological oxygen demanding, suspended solids, fecal coliform, and pH. The thermal component of any discharge shall not be identified as a conventional pollutant under this paragraph. "(5)(A) The Administrator, to the extent practicable before con- Public water sideration of any request under section 301(g) of this Act and within supplies. six months after the date of enactment of the Clean Water Act of Ante, p. 1583. 1977, shall develop and publish information on the factors necessary for the protection of public water supplies, and the protection and propagation of a balanced population of shellfish, fish and wildlife, and to allow recreational activities, in and on the water. "(B) The Administrator, to the extent practicable before consideration of any application under section 301(h) of this Act and within Ante, p. 1584. six months after the date of enactment of the Clean Water Act of 1977, shall develop and publish information on the factors necessary for the protection of public water supplies, and the protection and propagation of a balanced indigenous population of shellfish, fish and wildlife, and to allow recreational activities, in and on the water. "(6) The Administrator shall, within three months after enactment of the Clean Water Act of 1977 and annually thereafter, for purposes of section 301(h) of this Act publish and revise as appropriate information identifying each water quality standard in effect under this Act or State law, the specific pollutants associated with such water quality standard, and the particular waters to which such water quality standard applies.". (b) Section 304(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking o u t "; and" and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(4)(A) identify, in terms of amounts of constituents and chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of pollutants, the degree of effluent reduction attainable through the application of the best conventional pollutant control technology (including measures and practices) for classes and categories of point sources (other than publicly owned treatment works); and "(B) specify factors to be taken into account in determining the best conventional pollutant control technology measures and practices to comply with section 301(b)(2)(E) of this Act to be Ante, p. 1582.

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