42 USC 3136: Sewer and other waste disposal facilities; certification by Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency regarding adequate treatment prior to discharge into streams

42 USC 3136: Sewer and other waste disposal facilities; certification by Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency regarding adequate treatment prior to discharge into streams Text contains those laws in effect on January 4, 1995

From Title 42-THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARECHAPTER 38-PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSUBCHAPTER I-GRANTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES

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§3136. Sewer and other waste disposal facilities; certification by Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency regarding adequate treatment prior to discharge into streams

No financial assistance, through grants, loans, guarantees, or otherwise, shall be made under this chapter to be used directly or indirectly for sewer or other waste disposal facilities unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency certifies to the Secretary that any waste material carried by such facilities will be adequately treated before it is discharged into any public waterway so as to meet applicable Federal, State, interstate, or local water quality standards.

( Pub. L. 89–136, title I, §106, Aug. 26, 1965, 79 Stat. 554 ; 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §1(h)(3), eff. May 10, 1966, 31 F.R. 6857, 80 Stat. 1608; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §2(a)(1), eff. Dec. 2, 1970, 35 F.R. 15623, 84 Stat. 2087.)

Transfer of Functions

"Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency" was substituted for "Secretary of the Interior" pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1970 set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which abolished the Federal Water Quality Administration in the Department of the Interior and transferred to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency all functions which had been transferred to the Secretary of the Interior from the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1966.

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare was changed to Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 1(h)(3) of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1966, eff. May 10, 1966, 31 F.R. 6857, 80 Stat. 1608, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred to the Secretary of the Interior the functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under this section.