Pub. L. 100-4, tit. III, sec. 309
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS.
SEC. 309. PRETREATMENT STANDARDS. (a) Extension of Compliance Date by POTW.—Section 307 is amended by adding at the end the following: “(e) Compliance Date Extension for Innovative Pretreatment Systems.—In the case of any existing facility that proposes to comply with the pretreatment standards of subsection (b) of this section by applying an innovative system that meets the requirements of section 301(k) of this Act, the owner or operator of the publicly owned treatment works receiving the treated effluent from such facility may extend the date for compliance with the applicable pretreatment standard established under this section for a period not to exceed 2 years— “(1) if the Administrator determines that the innovative system has the potential for industrywide application, and “(2) if the Administrator (or the State in consultation with the Administrator, in any case in which the State has a pretreatment program approved by the Administrator)— “(A) determines that the proposed extension will not cause the publicly owned treatment works to be in violation of its permit under section 402 or of section 405 or to contribute to such a violation, and “(B) concurs with the proposed extension.”. (b) Increase in EPA Employees.—The Administrator shall take such actions as may be necessary to increase the number of employees of the Environmental Protection Agency in order to effectively implement pretreatment requirements under section 307 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.