Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/1632

 91 STAT. 1598

PUBLIC LAW 95-217—DEC. 27, 1977 FEDERAL FACILITY

Ante, p. 1597.

Federal employee liability.

Military source exemption, regulations.

33 USC 1341.

COMPLIANCE

SEC. 61. (a) Subsection (a) of section 313 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended (1) by striking in the first sentence thereof the words "shall comply with Federal, State, interstate, and local requirements respecting control and abatement of pollution to the same extent that any person is subject to such requirements, including the payment of reasonable service charges." and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the/words "and each officer, agent, or employee thereof in the performance of his official duties, shall be subject to, and comply with, all Federal, State, interstate, and local requirements, administrative authority, and process and sanctions respecting the control and abatement of water pollution in the same manner, and to the same extent as any nongovernmental entity including the payment of reasonable service charges. The preceding sentence shall apply (A) to any requirement whether substantive or procedural (including any recordkeeping or reporting requirement, any requirement respecting permits and any other requirement, whatsoever), (B) to the exercise of any Federal, State, or local administrative authority, and (C) to any process and sanction, whether enforced in Federal, State, or local courts or in any other manner. This subsection shall apply notwithstanding any immunity of such agencies, officers, agents, or employees under any law or rule of law. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government, or any officer, agent, or employee thereof in the performance of his official duties, from removing to the appropriate Federal district court any proceeding to which the department, agency, or instrumentality or officer, agent, or employee thereof is subject pursuant to this section, and any such proceeding may be removed in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 1441 et seq. No officer, agent, or employee of the United States shall be personally liable for any civil penalty arising from the performance of his official duties, for which he is not otherwise liable, and the United States shall be liable only for those civil penalties arising under Federal law or imposed by a State or local court to enforce an order or the process of such court."; and (2) by adding at the end of such subsection the following: "In addition to any such exemption of a particular effluent source, the President may, if he determines it to be in the paramount interest of the United States to do so, issue regulations exempting from compliance with the requirements of this section any weaponry, equipment, aircraft, vessels, vehicles, or other classes or categories of property, and access to such property, which are owned or operated by the Armed Forces of the United States (including the Coast Guard) or by the National Guard of any State and which are uniquely military in nature. The President shall reconsider the need for such regulations at three-year intervals.". (b) Section 401(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking paragraph (6) and renumbering the succeeding paragraph accordingly. CLEAN LAKES

Surveys, financial assistance to States. 33 USC 1324. Public information. Ante, p. 1588.

SEC. 62. (a) Section 314(b) of the Federal W^ater Pollution Control Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The Administrator shall provide financial assistance to States to prepare the identification and classification surveys required in subsection (a) (1) of this section.". (b) The first sentence of section 304(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as redesignated by this Act, is amended to read as

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