§6939e Federally owned treatment works

Summary

Says when solids or dissolved material put into a federally owned wastewater plant do not count as part of domestic sewage. That can happen if the material is covered by a pretreatment standard and the source follows it; or if no standard existed but the Administrator set a schedule to make one no later than 7 years after October 6, 1992, the standard was made on time, and the source follows it once effective; or if the material was treated so it is not banned from land disposal under the listed rules; or if it comes from a household or from someone who makes less than 100 kilograms of hazardous waste per month (unless it is an acutely hazardous waste). It is illegal to put hazardous waste into a federally owned treatment works. The EPA Administrator or an authorized State can require cleanup or decontamination, and if that cleanup protects people and the environment, the plant does not have to close; the Administrator or State can still order closure if needed and can use other enforcement tools. A federally owned treatment works means a federal agency’s wastewater plant that treats mostly domestic sewage and discharges under a permit. Existing agreements, permits, or orders in place on October 6, 1992, that require corrective action or closure are not changed.