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33 U.S.C. 1317: Toxic and pretreatment effluent standards
Created in 1972 by Public Law 92-500. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
15 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 33 U.S.C. 1311, 33 U.S.C. 1313, 33 U.S.C. 1314, 33 U.S.C. 1319, 33 U.S.C. 1341.
51 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Environmental Protection Agency (51).
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
1987
- Pub. L. 100–4 added subsec. (e). · (e)
1977
- Pub. L. 95–217, §53(a), substituted "On and after December 27, 1977, the list of toxic pollutants or combination of pollutants subject to this chapter shall consist of those toxic pollutants listed in table 1 of Committee Print Numbered 95–30 of the Committee on Public Works and Tra… · (a)
- Pub. L. 95–217, §53(a), expanded provisions covering effluent limitations and the establishment of effluent standards (or prohibitions), introduced provisions relating to the application of the best available technology economically achievable for the applicable category or class of… · (a)
- Pub. L. 95–217, §53(a), struck out provision for the immediate promulgation of revised effluent standards (or prohibitions) for pollutants or combinations of pollutants if, after public hearings, the Administrator found that a modification of such proposed standards (or prohibitions… · (a)
- Pub. L. 95–217, §53(b), inserted provision that if the Administrator determines that compliance with effluent standards (or prohibitions) within one year from the date of promulgation is technologically infeasible for a category of sources, the Administrator may establish the effect… · (a)
- Pub. L. 95–217, §54(a), inserted provision that if, in the case of any toxic pollutant under subsection (a) of this section introduced by a source into a publicly owned treatment works, the treatment by the works removes all or any part of the toxic pollutant and the discharge from … · (b)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.