§ 1328. — Aquaculture.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1328]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 26--WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER III--STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 1328. Aquaculture
(a) Authority to permit discharge of specific pollutants
The Administrator is authorized, after public hearings, to permit
the discharge of a specific pollutant or pollutants under controlled
conditions associated with an approved aquaculture project under Federal
or State supervision pursuant to section 1342 of this title.
(b) Procedures and guidelines
The Administrator shall by regulation establish any procedures and
guidelines which the Administrator deems necessary to carry out this
section. Such regulations shall require the application to such
discharge of each criterion, factor, procedure, and requirement
applicable to a permit issued under section 1342 of this title, as the
Administrator determines necessary to carry out the objective of this
chapter.
(c) State administration
Each State desiring to administer its own permit program within its
jurisdiction for discharge of a specific pollutant or pollutants under
controlled conditions associated with an approved aquaculture project
may do so if upon submission of such program the Administrator
determines such program is adequate to carry out the objective of this
chapter.
(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title III, Sec. 318, as added Pub. L. 92-500,
Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 877; amended Pub. L. 95-217, Sec. 63,
Dec. 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 1599.)
Amendments
1977--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-217 inserted ``pursuant to section
1342 of this title'' after ``Federal or State supervision''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-217 struck out ``, not later than January 1,
1974,'' after ``The Administrator shall by regulation'' in existing
provisions and inserted provisions that the regulations require the
application to the discharge of each criterion, factor, procedure, and
requirement applicable to a permit issued under section 1342 of this
title, as the Administrator determines necessary to carry out the
objectives of this chapter.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-217 added subsec. (c).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1311, 1319, 1342 of this
title.
