A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the use of biomonitoring and whole effluent toxicity testing in connection with publicly owned treatment works, and for other purposes.
Publicly Owned Treatment Works Biomonitoring Use Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that in the control of toxicity it is necessary to include biological monitoring, testing, or assessment methods as a condition of a permit issued to a publicly owned treatment works, the failure of a whole effluent toxicity test shall not result in a violation finding. Makes it a violation of this Act if the treatment works fails to comply with a schedule or other permit condition to identify and control toxic discharges.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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