2021 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 7 - International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.
Subchapter IV - International Boundary and Water Commission
Sec. 277d-43 - Definitions

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 277d-43 (2021)
Section Name §277d–43. Definitions
Section Text

In sections 277d–43 to 277d–46 of this title, the following definitions apply:

(1) Administrator

The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

(2) Commission

The term "Commission" means the United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico.

(3) IWTP

The term "IWTP" means the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant constructed under the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), section 510 of the Water Quality Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 80–82), and Treaty Minutes to the Treaty for the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, dated February 3, 1944.

(4) Secondary treatment

The term "secondary treatment" has the meaning such term has under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and its implementing regulations.

(5) Secretary

The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of State.

(6) Mexican facility

The term "Mexican facility" means a proposed public-private wastewater treatment facility to be constructed and operated under sections 277d–43 to 277d–46 of this title within Mexico for the purpose of treating sewage flows generated within Mexico, which flows impact the surface waters, health, and safety of the United States and Mexico.

(7) Mgd

The term "mgd" means million gallons per day.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 106–457, title VIII, §803, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1977.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in pars. (3) and (4), is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, §2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§1251 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1251 of Title 33 and Tables.

Section 510 of the Water Quality Act of 1987, referred to in par. (3), is section 510 of Pub. L. 100–4, title V, Feb. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 80, which is not classified to the Code.


STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES SHORT TITLE

Pub. L. 106–457, title VIII, §801, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1977, provided that: "This title [enacting this section and sections 277d–44 to 277d–46 of this title] may be cited as the 'Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000'."

PURPOSE

Pub. L. 106–457, title VIII, §802, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1977, provided that: "The purpose of this title [see Short Title note above] is to authorize the United States to take actions to address comprehensively the treatment of sewage emanating from the Tijuana River area, Mexico, that flows untreated or partially treated into the United States causing significant adverse public health and environmental impacts."

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7 - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER IV - INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
Sec. 277d-43 - Definitions
Contains section 277d-43
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Short Titles 'Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000'."
Statutes at Large References 86 Stat. 816
101 Stat. 80-82, 80
114 Stat. 1977
Public Law References Public Law 92-500, Public Law 100-4, Public Law 106-457
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