CBO - "H.R. 587, Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II"

Title: H.R. 587, Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II Source: CBO Data/Action: Cost Estimates Date: 5/13/2021 Text Preview: ...Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) generally delegates the authority to administer the NPDES program to individual states. Under current law, the Point Loma Plant in San Diego, California, can apply to be exempted from secondary treatment standards if it meets certain conditions. H.R. 587 would eliminate the need for an application and would allow that exemption under the plant's normal NPDES permit if it meets additional conditions that include implementing pretreatment and water reuse programs and providing ocean monitoring data and analysis to EPA. Using information from EPA...