42 USC § 6939 - Domestic sewage

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s6939"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 6939 - Domestic sewage"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6939"
section_name: "Domestic sewage"
chapter_number: 82
chapter_name: "SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 3018, as added Pub. L. 98–616, title II, § 246(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3264.)"
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# § 6939. Domestic sewage

**(a)** **Report** November 8, 1984section 6921 of this title

The Administrator shall, not later than 15 months after , submit a report to the Congress concerning those substances identified or listed under  which are not regulated under this subchapter by reason of the exclusion for mixtures of domestic sewage and other wastes that pass through a sewer system to a publicly owned treatment works. Such report shall include the types, size and number of generators which dispose of such substances in this manner, the types and quantities disposed of in this manner, and the identification of significant generators, wastes, and waste constituents not regulated under existing Federal law or regulated in a manner sufficient to protect human health and the environment.

**(b)** **Revisions of regulations** section 1317 of title 33section 6921 of this title

Within eighteen months after submitting the report specified in subsection (a), the Administrator shall revise existing regulations and promulgate such additional regulations pursuant to this subchapter (or any other authority of the Administrator, including ) as are necessary to assure that substances identified or listed under  which pass through a sewer system to a publicly owned treatment works are adequately controlled to protect human health and the environment.

**(c)** **Report on wastewater lagoons** The Administrator shall, within thirty-six months after November 8, 1984, submit a report to Congress concerning wastewater lagoons at publicly owned treatment works and their effect on groundwater quality. Such report shall include—

The Administrator may utilize the authority of sections 6927 and 6934 of this title for the purpose of completing such report.

**(1)** the number and size of such lagoons;

**(2)** the types and quantities of waste contained in such lagoons;

**(3)** the extent to which such waste has been or may be released from such lagoons and contaminate ground water; and

**(4)** available alternatives for preventing or controlling such releases.

**(d)** **Application of sections 6927 and 6930** The provisions of sections 6927 and 6930 of this title shall apply to solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to hazardous waste.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 3018, as added Pub. L. 98–616, title II, § 246(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3264.)