- United States Code
- 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.
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