HR 1390
Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II
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Bill overview
The Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II aims to modify the permitting process for the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Diego, California. It allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a permit that requires compliance with specific conditions, including limits on total suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand, and monitoring requirements. This legislation seeks to replace a pending variance application with a conditional NPDES permit, ensuring the plant meets stricter treatment standards.
Key provisions
- Allows the EPA to issue a conditional NPDES permit for the Point Loma Plant.
- Sets limits on total suspended solids discharge (metric tons per year).
- Establishes limits on total suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand concentrations.
- Requires 10 years of ocean monitoring data and analysis.
- Mandates the production of at least 83 million gallons per day of potable reuse water by December 31, 2039.
- Requires compliance with pretreatment requirements.
- Maintains the current deep ocean outfall pipe.
- Includes milestones for permit development.
Who is affected
- City of San Diego
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Residents of San Diego
- Marine Ecosystems
- Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Notable changes
- Replaces a pending variance application with a conditional NPDES permit.
- Imposes stricter effluent limitations than the current variance.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 1390
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To modify permitting requirements with respect to the discharge of any pollutant from the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant in certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II
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A permit issued under this section shall require—
maintenance of the currently designed deep ocean outfall from the Point Loma Plant with a discharge depth of not less than 300 feet and distance from the shore of not less than 4 miles;
that the applicant provide 10 consecutive years of ocean monitoring data and analysis for the period immediately preceding the date of each application for a permit under this section sufficient to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Administrator that the discharge of pollutants pursuant to a permit issued under this section will meet the requirements of section 301(h)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1311(h)(2)) and that the applicant has established and will maintain throughout the permit term an ocean monitoring program that meets or exceeds the requirements of section 301(h)(3) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1311(h)(3)); and
The Administrator shall determine development milestones necessary to ensure compliance with this section and include such milestones as conditions in each permit issued under this section before December 31, 2039.
Nothing in this section prevents the applicant from alternatively submitting an application for the Point Loma Plant that complies with secondary treatment pursuant to section 301(b)(1)(B) and section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1311(b)(1)(B); 33 U.S.C. 1342).
In this section:
The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The term biochemical oxygen demand means biological oxygen demand, as such term is used in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
The term State means the State of California.