I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1390 
To modify permitting requirements with respect to the discharge of any 
pollutant from the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant in certain 
circumstances, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2025 
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. ISSA, and Ms. JA-
COBS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To modify permitting requirements with respect to the dis-
charge of any pollutant from the Point Loma Wastewater 
Treatment Plant in certain circumstances, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ocean Pollution Re-
duction Act II’’. 
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SEC. 2. SAN DIEGO POINT LOMA PERMITTING REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.), the Administrator may issue a permit under sec-
tion 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1342) for a discharge from the Point Loma Plant 
into marine waters that requires compliance with the re-
quirements described in subsection (b). 
(b) CONDITIONS.—A permit issued under this section 
shall require— 
(1) maintenance of the currently designed deep 
ocean outfall from the Point Loma Plant with a dis-
charge depth of not less than 300 feet and distance 
from the shore of not less than 4 miles; 
(2) as applicable to the term of the permit, dis-
charge of not more than 12,000 metric tons of total 
suspended solids per year commencing on the date 
of enactment of this section, not more than 11,500 
metric tons of total suspended solids per year com-
mencing on December 31, 2029, and not more than 
9,942 metric tons of total suspended solids per year 
commencing on December 31, 2031; 
(3) discharge of not more than 60 milligrams 
per liter of total suspended solids, calculated as a 
30-day average; 
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(4) removal of not less than 80 percent of total 
suspended solids on a monthly average and not less 
than 58 percent of biochemical oxygen demand on 
an annual average, taking into account removal oc-
curring at all treatment processes for wastewater 
upstream from and at the Point Loma Plant; 
(5) attainment of all other effluent limitations 
of secondary treatment as determined by the Admin-
istrator pursuant to section 304(d)(1) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1314(d)(1)), 
other than any requirements otherwise applicable to 
the discharge of biochemical oxygen demand and 
total suspended solids; 
(6) compliance with the requirements applicable 
to Federal issuance of a permit under section 402 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, includ-
ing State concurrence consistent with section 401 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1341) and ocean discharge criteria evaluation pursu-
ant to section 403 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1343); 
(7) implementation of the pretreatment pro-
gram requirements of paragraphs (5) and (6) of sec-
tion 301(h) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1311(h)) in addition to the require-
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