PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The EPA Administrator must update certain wastewater help programs to add information about cheaper and alternative wastewater recycling and treatment options, including onsite and decentralized systems. The EPA must also give that cost-effectiveness information to local governments and nonprofits that are applying for federal wastewater money. The programs include technical-assistance efforts like nonpoint source management (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 saying what information was shared, which States or regions used these alternative systems most, and what the EPA did to help States deploy them.

Title 33, §1314a

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(a)In general

(1)In general

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)Programs described

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)Report to Congress

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.

§1314a Wastewater Technology Clearinghouse

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Title 33, §1314a

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