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 91 STAT. 1592

Regulations, consultation and publication.

Revision.

PUBLIC LAW 95-217—DEC. 27, 1977 this section" and inserting in lieu thereof "subject to subsection (a) of this section", (2) by striking out in subsection (c) thereof "sewage sludge" and inserting in lieu thereof "sewage sludge subject to subsection (a) of this section", and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(d) The Administrator, after consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies and other interested persons, shall develop and publish, within one year after the date of enactment of this subsection and from time to time thereafter, regulations providing guidelines for the disposal of sludge and the utilization of sludge for various purposes. Such regulations shall— "(1) identify uses for sludge, including disposal; "(2) specify factors to be taken into account in determining the measures and practices applicable to each such use or disposal (including piiblication of information on costs); " (3) identify concentrations of pollutants which interfere with each such use or disposal. The Administrator is authorized to revise any regulation issued under this subsection. "(e) The determination of the manner of disposal or use of sludge is a local determination except that it shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any publicly owned treatment works to dispose of slud'!;e from such works for any use for which guidelines have been established pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, except in accordance with such guidelines.". TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING

Enforcement, State compliance orders.

33 USC 1319.

AMENDMENTS

SEC. 55. (a) Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 309 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking "or 308" in the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "308, 318, or 405". (b) Paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of section 309 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking "or 308" in the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "308, 318, or 405". (c) Subsection (d) of section 309 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking "or 308" in the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "308, 318, or 405". 19 77 DEADLINES

Compliance order specifications.

SEC. 56. (a) The third sentence of section 309(a)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking out "the Administrator shall" and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "except where an extension has been granted under paragraph (5)(B) of this subsection, the Administrator shall". (b) Section 309(a)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking out the second sentence thereof. (c) Section 309(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: " (5)(A) Any order issued under this subsection shall be by personal service, shall state with reasonable specificity the nature of the violation, and shall specify a time for compliance not to exceed thirty days in the case of a violation of an interim compliance schedule or operation and maintenance requirement and not to exceed a time the Administrator determines to be reasonable in the case of a violation of a final

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