SOURCE
(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title III, Sec. 302, as added Oct. 18,
1972, Pub. L. 92-500, Sec. 2, 86 Stat. 846; amended Feb. 4, 1987,
Pub. L. 100-4, title III, Sec. 308(e), 101 Stat. 39.)
AMENDMENTS
1987 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-4, Sec. 308(e)(2), inserted ''or
as identified under section 1314(l) of this title'' after
''Administrator'' and ''public health,'' after ''protection of''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-4, Sec. 308(e)(1), amended subsec. (b)
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows:
''(1) Prior to establishment of any effluent limitation pursuant
to subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator shall issue
notice of intent to establish such limitation and within ninety
days of such notice hold a public hearing to determine the
relationship of the economic and social costs of achieving any such
limitation or limitations, including any economic or social
dislocation in the affected community or communities, to the social
and economic benefits to be obtained (including the attainment of
the objective of this chapter) and to determine whether or not such
effluent limitations can be implemented with available technology
or other alternative control strategies.
''(2) If a person affected by such limitation demonstrates at
such hearing that (whether or not such technology or other
alternative control strategies are available) there is no
reasonable relationship between the economic and social costs and
the benefits to be obtained (including attainment of the objective
of this chapter), such limitation shall not become effective and
the Administrator shall adjust such limitation as it applies to
such person.''
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 1292, 1311, 1313, 1314,
1319, 1341, 1342, 1365, 1367, 1369 of this title.