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116386 1 (1981-09-08)

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             UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                      WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                                FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M. PDT
                                TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1981



                           STATEMENT OF
         HUGH J. WESSINGER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, SENIOR LEVEL
             COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVEOPMENT DIVISION

                            BEFORE THE
            SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT
                        HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
                   PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION
                        UNITED STATES HOUSE
                        OF REPRESENTATIVES

                               ON

                    MARINE DISCHARGE WAIVERS
                 FOR PUBLICLY OWNED WASTEWATER
                     TREATMENT FACILITIES

MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:

     WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS OUR MAY 22, 1981, REPORT TO THE

CONGRESS ENTITLED BILLIONS COULD BE SAVED THROUGH WAIVERS FOR

COASTAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS (CED-81-68). IT IS APPRO-

PRIATE THAT WE APE IN LOS ANGELES BECAUSE, AMONG THE LOCATIONS

COVERED IN OUR REVIEW, WE INCLUDED VISITS TO 12 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

COMMUNITIES AND SEWER UTILITIES.

     THE CLEAN WATER ACT OF 1977 ALLOWS THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC-

TION AGENCY (EPA) TO GRANT WAIVERS TO PUBLICLY OWNED WASTEWATER

TREATMENT FACILITIES SO THAT THEY CAN DISCHARGE PRIMARY TREATED

MUNICIPAL WASTES INTO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT WHEN IT CAN BE SHOWN

THAT COSTLY SECONDARY TREATMENT IS NOT NECESSARY. ALTHOUGH 230

COMMUNITIES SUBMITTED PRELIMINARY APPLICATIONS FOR SECONDARY TREAT-

MENT WAIVERS TO EPA, ONLY 70 FILED FINAL APPLICATIONS. AS OF TODAY,

EPA HAS NOT YET MADE ANY WAIVER DECISIONS.


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