42 U.S.C. § 6939 : US Code - Section 6939: Domestic sewage

Search 42 U.S.C. § 6939 : US Code - Section 6939: Domestic sewage

(a) Report
The Administrator shall, not later than 15 months after November
8, 1984, submit a report to the Congress concerning those
substances identified or listed under section 6921 of this title
which are not regulated under this subchapter by reason of the
exclusion for mixtures of domestic sewage and other wastes that
pass through a sewer system to a publicly owned treatment works.
Such report shall include the types, size and number of generators
which dispose of such substances in this manner, the types and
quantities disposed of in this manner, and the identification of
significant generators, wastes, and waste constituents not
regulated under existing Federal law or regulated in a manner
sufficient to protect human health and the environment.
(b) Revisions of regulations
Within eighteen months after submitting the report specified in
subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator shall revise
existing regulations and promulgate such additional regulations
pursuant to this subchapter (or any other authority of the
Administrator, including section 1317 of title 33) as are necessary
to assure that substances identified or listed under section 6921
of this title which pass through a sewer system to a publicly owned
treatment works are adequately controlled to protect human health
and the environment.
(c) Report on wastewater lagoons
The Administrator shall, within thirty-six months after November
8, 1984, submit a report to Congress concerning wastewater lagoons
at publicly owned treatment works and their effect on groundwater
quality. Such report shall include -
(1) the number and size of such lagoons;
(2) the types and quantities of waste contained in such
lagoons;
(3) the extent to which such waste has been or may be released
from such lagoons and contaminate ground water; and
(4) available alternatives for preventing or controlling such
releases.
The Administrator may utilize the authority of sections 6927 and
6934 of this title for the purpose of completing such report.
(d) Application of sections 6927 and 6930
The provisions of sections 6927 and 6930 of this title shall
apply to solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage to the
same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to
hazardous waste.