Authority to permit discharge of specific pollutants
section 1342 of this titleThe Administrator is authorized, after public hearings, to permit the discharge of a specific pollutant or pollutants under controlled conditions associated with an approved aquaculture project under Federal or State supervision pursuant to .
Procedures and guidelines
section 1342 of this titleThe Administrator shall by regulation establish any procedures and guidelines which the Administrator deems necessary to carry out this section. Such regulations shall require the application to such discharge of each criterion, factor, procedure, and requirement applicable to a permit issued under , as the Administrator determines necessary to carry out the objective of this chapter.
State administration
Each State desiring to administer its own permit program within its jurisdiction for discharge of a specific pollutant or pollutants under controlled conditions associated with an approved aquaculture project may do so if upon submission of such program the Administrator determines such program is adequate to carry out the objective of this chapter.
June 30, 1948, ch. 758Pub. L. 92–500, § 286 Stat. 877Pub. L. 95–217, § 6391 Stat. 1599(, title III, § 318, as added , , ; amended , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 95–217section 1342 of this title1977—Subsec. (a). inserted “pursuant to ” after “Federal or State supervision”.
Pub. L. 95–217section 1342 of this titleSubsec. (b). struck out “, not later than ,” after “The Administrator shall by regulation” in existing provisions and inserted provisions that the regulations require the application to the discharge of each criterion, factor, procedure, and requirement applicable to a permit issued under , as the Administrator determines necessary to carry out the objectives of this chapter.
Pub. L. 95–217Subsec. (c). added subsec. (c).