discharge that provide for the method, contents, and requirements for public availability of the notice. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.— ‘‘(B) IN a minimum, the contents of the notice GENERAL.—At ‘‘(i) include— the exact dates and times of the discharge; ‘‘(I) the volume of the discharge; and ‘‘(II) a description of any public access areas impacted. ‘‘(III) CONSISTENCY.—Minimum requirements shall be consistent ‘‘(ii) for all States. ADDITIONAL Administrator and States described REQUIREMENTS.—The ‘‘(C) in subparagraph (A) shall include— follow-up notice requirements that provide a more full ‘‘(i) description of each event, the cause, and plans to prevent reoccurrence; and annual publication requirements that list each treatment ‘‘(ii) works from which the Administrator or the State receive a follow-up notice. TIMING.—The notice and publication requirements described in ‘‘(D) this paragraph shall be implemented not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection. SEWAGE prohibited by this section include bypasses BLENDING.—Bypasses ‘‘(5) resulting in discharges from a publicly owned treatment works that consist of effluent routed around treatment units and thereafter blended together with effluent from treatment units prior to discharge. IMPLEMENTATION.—As soon as practicable, the Administrator shall ‘‘(6) establish procedures to ensure that permits issued under this section (or under a State permit program approved under this section) to a publicly owned treatment works include requirements to implement this subsection.
discharge that provide for the method, contents, and requirements for public availability of the notice. ‘‘(B) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—At a minimum, the contents of the notice include— ‘‘(I) the exact dates and times of the discharge; ‘‘(II) the volume of the discharge; and ‘‘(III) a description of any public access areas impacted. ‘‘(ii) CONSISTENCY.—Minimum requirements shall be consistent for all States. ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator and States described in subparagraph (A) shall include— ‘‘(i) follow-up notice requirements that provide a more full description of each event, the cause, and plans to prevent reoccurrence; and ‘‘(ii) annual publication requirements that list each treatment works from which the Administrator or the State receive a follow-up notice. ‘‘(D) TIMING.—The notice and publication requirements described in this paragraph shall be implemented not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subsection. ‘‘(5) SEWAGE BLENDING.—Bypasses prohibited by this section include bypasses resulting in discharges from a publicly owned treatment works that consist of effluent routed around treatment units and thereafter blended together with effluent from treatment units prior to discharge. ‘‘(6) IMPLEMENTATION.—As soon as practicable, the Administrator shall establish procedures to ensure that permits issued under this section (or under a State permit program approved under this section) to a publicly owned treatment works include requirements to implement this subsection.
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