Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1658

 95 STAT. 1632 33 USC 1311.

PUBLIC LAW 97-117—DEC. 29, 1981

(b) Section 301(b)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is repealed. OCEAN DISCHARGES

Effective date. 33 USC 1311 note.

SEC. 22. (a) Section 301(h) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended in the portion preceding paragraph (1) by striking out "in an existing discha^e". (b) Such section 301(n) is amended by striking out the semicolon at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting in lieu thereof a period and by striking out paragraph (8). (c) Such section 301(h) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "A municipality which applies secondary treatment shall be eli^ble to receive a permit pursuant to th& subsection which modifies the recjtuirements of subsection (b)(l)(B) of this section with respect to the discharge of any pollutant from any treatment works owned by such municipality into marine waters. No permit issued under this subsection shall authorize the discharge of sewage sludge into marine waters.". (d) Section 301(j)(l) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by stri^ng out clause (A) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new clause: "(A) subsection Oi>Xl)(B) under subsection (h) of this section shall be filed not later that the 365th day which begins after the date of enactment of the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Construction Grant Amendments of 1981;". (e) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, except that no applicant, other than the city of Avalon, California, who applies after uie date of enactment of this Act for a permit pursuant to subsection (h) of section 301 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which modifies the requirements of subsection (b)(l)(B) of section 301 of such Act shall receive such permit during the one-year period which begins on the date of enactment of this Act. SECONDARY TREATMENT DEFINITION

33 USC 1314.

SEC. 23. Section 304(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by adding the following new paragraph: "(4) For the purposes of this subsection, such biological treatment facilities as oxidation ponds, lagoons, and ditches and trickling filters shall be deemed the equivalent of secondary treatment. The Administrator shall provide guidance under paragraph (1) of this subsection on design criteria for such facilities, t a ^ i g into account pollutant removal efficiencies and, consistent with the objective of the Act, assuring that water quality will not be adversely affected by deeming such facilities as the equivalent of secondary treatment.". REVISED WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

33 USC 1313a. 33 USC 1313.

SEC. 24. The review, revision, and adoption or promulgation of revised or new water quality standards pursuant to section 303(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act shall be completed by the date three years after the enactment of the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Construction Grjmt Amendments of 1981. No grant shall be made under title 11 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act after such date until water quality standards are reviewed and revised pursuant to section 303(c), except where the State has in good faith submitted such revised water quality standards and the Admin-

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