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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§277d–43 Definitions

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION › § 277d–43

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used later. Administrator = the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Commission = the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission. IWTP = the South Bay treatment plant built under 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., sec. 510 of the Water Quality Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 80–82), and Treaty Minutes dated February 3, 1944. Secondary treatment = as defined by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Secretary = Secretary of State. Mexican facility = a proposed public–private wastewater plant in Mexico to treat Mexican sewage that affects surface waters, health, or safety in both countries. mgd = million gallons per day.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §277d–43

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In sections 277d–43 to 277d–46 of this title, the following definitions apply:
(1)The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2)The term “Commission” means the United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico.
(3)The term “IWTP” means the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant constructed under the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), section 510 of the Water Quality Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 80–82), and Treaty Minutes to the Treaty for the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, dated February 3, 1944.
(4)The term “secondary treatment” has the meaning such term has under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and its implementing regulations.
(5)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of State.
(6)The term “Mexican facility” means a proposed public-private wastewater treatment facility to be constructed and operated under sections 277d–43 to 277d–46 of this title within Mexico for the purpose of treating sewage flows generated within Mexico, which flows impact the surface waters, health, and safety of the United States and Mexico.
(7)The term “mgd” means million gallons per day.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in pars. (3) and (4), is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§ 1251 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1251 of Title 33 and Tables. section 510 of the Water Quality Act of 1987, referred to in par. (3), is section 510 of Pub. L. 100–4, title V, Feb. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 80, which is not classified to the Code.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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Pub. L. 106–457, title VIII, § 801, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1977, provided that: “This title [enacting this section and sections 277d–44 to 277d–46 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000’.” Purpose Pub. L. 106–457, title VIII, § 802, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1977, provided that: “The purpose of this title [see

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note above] is to authorize the United States to take actions to address comprehensively the treatment of sewage emanating from the Tijuana River area, Mexico, that flows untreated or partially treated into the United States causing significant adverse public health and environmental impacts.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

22 U.S.C. § 277d–43

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73