§1314a — Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters | U.S. Code

Summary

The EPA Administrator must update certain wastewater program materials to include information about cost‑effective and alternative wastewater recycling and treatment options, such as onsite and decentralized systems. The EPA must also share that information with local governments and nonprofit groups that are looking for federal funding. The programs covered include technical help for wastewater, like the nonpoint source management program (section 1329) and the sewer sludge disposal permit program (section 1345). Within 1 year after October 23, 2018, and at least every 3 years after that, the EPA must send Congress a report. The report must say what information was shared, which States or regions used these alternative systems the most, and what the EPA did to help States adopt them, including onsite and decentralized systems.

Title 33, §1314a

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(a)(1)The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall—

(A)for each of the programs described in paragraph (2), update the information for those programs to include information on cost-effective and alternative wastewater recycling and treatment technologies, including onsite and decentralized systems; and

(B)disseminate to units of local government and nonprofit organizations seeking Federal funds for wastewater technology information on the cost effectiveness of alternative wastewater treatment and recycling technologies, including onsite and decentralized systems.

(2)The programs referred to in paragraph (1)(A) are programs that provide technical assistance for wastewater management, including—

(A)programs for nonpoint source management under section 1329 of this title; and

(B)the permit program for the disposal of sewer sludge under section 1345 of this title.

(b)Not later than 1 year after October 23, 2018, and not less frequently than every 3 years thereafter, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to Congress a report that describes—

(1)the type and amount of information provided under subsection (a) to units of local government and nonprofit organizations regarding alternative wastewater treatment and recycling technologies;

(2)the States and regions that have made greatest use of alternative wastewater treatment and recycling technologies; and

(3)the actions taken by the Administrator to assist States in the deployment of alternative wastewater treatment and recycling technologies, including onsite and decentralized systems.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, and not as part of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which comprises this chapter.

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