Sec. 428.
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Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1342 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this subsection: The term bypass means an intentional diversion of waste streams to bypass any portion of a treatment facility which results in a discharge into the Great Lakes. The term discharge means a direct or indirect discharge of untreated sewage or partially treated sewage from a treatment works into the Great Lakes or a tributary of the Great Lakes.
The term discharge includes a bypass and a combined sewer overflow. The term Great Lakes has the meaning given the term in section 118(a)(3). The term partially treated sewage means any sewage, sewage and storm water, or sewage and wastewater, from domestic or industrial sources that— is not treated to national secondary treatment standards for wastewater; or is treated to a level less than the level required by the applicable national pollutant discharge elimination system permit.
The term treatment facility includes all wastewater treatment units used by a publicly owned treatment works to meet secondary treatment standards or higher, as required to attain water quality standards, under any operating conditions. The term treatment works has the meaning given the term in section 212. A publicly owned treatment works is prohibited from performing a bypass unless— the bypass is unavoidable to prevent loss of life, personal injury, or severe property damage; there is not a feasible alternative to the bypass, such as the use of auxiliary treatment facilities, retention of untreated wastes, or maintenance during normal periods of equipment downtime; and the treatment works provides notice of the bypass in accordance with this subsection; or the bypass does not cause effluent limitations to be exceeded, and the bypass is for essential maintenance to ensure efficient operation of the treatment facility.
The requirement of paragraph (2)(A)(ii) is not satisfied if— adequate back-up equipment should have been installed in the exercise of reasonable engineering judgment to prevent the bypass; and the bypass occurred during normal periods of equipment downtime or preventive maintenance. The Administrator shall work with States having publicly owned treatment works subject to the requirements of this subsection to create immediate notice requirements in the event of discharge that provide for the method, contents, and requirements for public availability of the notice.
At a minimum, the contents of the notice shall include— the exact dates and times of the discharge; the volume of the discharge; and a description of any public access areas impacted. Minimum requirements shall be consistent for all States. The Administrator and States described in subparagraph
(A)shall include— follow-up notice requirements that provide a more full description of each event, the cause, and plans to prevent reoccurrence; and annual publication requirements that list each treatment works from which the Administrator or the State receive a follow-up notice. The notice and publication requirements described in this paragraph shall be implemented not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection. Bypasses prohibited by this section include bypasses resulting in discharges from a publicly owned treatment works that consist of effluent routed around treatment units and thereafter blended together with effluent from treatment units prior to discharge. As soon as practicable, the Administrator shall establish procedures to ensure that permits issued under this section (or under a State permit program approved under this section) to a publicly owned treatment works include requirements to implement this subsection. Notwithstanding section 309, in the case of a violation of this subsection occurring on or after January 1, 2035, or any violation of a permit limitation or condition implementing this subsection occurring after that date, the maximum civil penalty that shall be assessed for the violation shall be $100,000 per day for each day the violation occurs. This subsection shall apply to a bypass occurring after the last day of the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection. . Title V of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. ) is amended— by redesignating section 519 ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 note) as section 520; and by inserting after section 518 ( 33 U.S.C. 1377 ) the following: In this section: The term Fund means the Great Lakes Cleanup Fund established by subsection (b). The terms Great Lakes and Great Lakes States have the meanings given the terms in section 118(a)(3). There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Great Lakes Cleanup Fund (referred to in this section as the Fund ). Effective January 1, 2035, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund amounts equivalent to the penalties collected for violations of section 402(s). The Administrator shall administer the Fund. The Administrator shall— make the amounts in the Fund available to the Great Lakes States for use in carrying out programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges into the Great Lakes, including habitat protection and wetland restoration; and allocate those amounts among the Great Lakes States based on the proportion that— the amount attributable to a Great Lakes State for penalties collected for violations of section 402(s); bears to the total amount of those penalties attributable to all Great Lakes States. In selecting programs and activities to be funded using amounts made available under this section, a Great Lakes State shall give priority consideration to programs and activities that address violations of section 402(s) resulting in the collection of penalties. . Section 607 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1387 ) is amended— by striking There is and inserting
(a)In General.—There is ; and by adding at the end the following: For purposes of this title, amounts made available from the Great Lakes Cleanup Fund under section 519 shall be treated as funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title and as funds made available under this title, except that the funds shall be made available to the Great Lakes States in accordance with section 519. .
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