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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 4150 33 USC 2267 note. 33 USC 2267 note.

PUBLIC LAW 100-688—NOV. 18, 1988

(b) ALTERNATIVES ASSESSMENT.—Section 2301(b)(8) of the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and G>ntrol Act of 1987 is amended by striking "dumping of municipal sludge and". (c) PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ALTERNATIVES.—Section 2303 of the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 is amended— (1) by striking subsection (b), and (2) redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e), and any reference thereto, as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively. SEC. 1004. ENFORCEMENT MONITORING REPORT.

Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter in this title referred to as the "Administrator"), in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall submit a report to the Congress which outlines pn^ress made in using electronic monitoring equipment, and other means to monitor and prevent dumping of sewage sludge outside the site designated by the Administrator under section 102(c) and known as the "106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site" (as described in 49 F.R. 19005), and by vessels in transit to that site. SEC. 1005. PROHIBITION ON DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AT LANDFILLS ON STATEN ISLAND.

The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting after section 104B the following: New York. 33 USC 1414c.

"SEC 104C. PROHIBITION ON DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AT LANDFILLS ON STATEN ISLAND.

"(a) IN GENERAL.—No person shall dispose of sewage sludge at any landfill located on Staten Lsland, New York. "(b) EXCLUSION FROM PENALTIES.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a person who violates this section shall not be subject to any penalty under this Act. "(2) INJUNCTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not prohibit the bringing of an action for, or the granting of, an injunction under section 105 with respect to a violation of this section. "(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term 'sewage sludge' has the meaning such term has in section 104B.". New York. New Jersey.

SEC. 1006. USE OF STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING FUND GRANTS FOR DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS.

(a) GENERAL REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding the provisions of title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, each of the States of New York and New Jersey shall use 10 percent of the amount of a grant payment made to such State under such title for each of the fiscal years 1990 and 1991 and 10 percent of the State's contribution associated with such grant payment in the 6-month period beginning on the date of receipt of such grant payment for making loans and providing other assistance as described in section 603(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to any governmental entity in such State which has entered into a compliance agreement or enforcement agreement under section 104B of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 for identi-