§6939 Domestic sewage

Summary

The Administrator must, not later than 15 months after November 8, 1984, send a report to Congress about substances the law already lists that end up in public sewage treatment plants because they travel through sewers as part of domestic sewage. The report must say what kinds of businesses produce them, how big and how many those businesses are, what and how much is disposed this way, and which large sources, wastes, or waste parts are not covered by current federal rules or are not controlled well enough to protect people and the environment. Within 18 months after sending that first report, the Administrator must update and make new rules as needed so those listed substances going to public treatment plants are properly controlled to protect human health and the environment. Also, within 36 months after November 8, 1984, the Administrator must report to Congress about wastewater lagoons at public treatment plants — how many and how big they are, what and how much waste they hold, whether waste has leaked or could leak into groundwater, and ways to prevent or control such leaks. The same rules that apply to hazardous waste must also apply to solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage.