Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II

This bill creates a different way for the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Diego, California, to get a pollution permit instead of having to keep applying for special waivers from clean water rules. Under this bill, the Environmental Protection Agency can issue a permit that lets the plant keep operating as long as it meets certain conditions, like removing a set percentage of solids and pollutants from its wastewater, following clean water laws, sharing 10 years of compliance data, and showing that it will produce at least 83 million gallons per day of safe drinking water by the end of 2039. The plant must also keep using its current deep ocean pipe for releasing treated water.

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