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 Reduc-
tion Act II’’. 
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 section 
402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1342) for a discharge from the Point Loma Plant into ma-
rine waters that requires compliance with the requirements 
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 met-
ric tons of total suspended solids per year com-
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mencing on December 31, 2028, and not more than 
9,942 metric tons of total suspended solids per year 
commencing on December 31, 2030; 
(3) discharge of not more than 60 milligrams per 
liter of total suspended solids, calculated as a 30-day 
average; 
(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 occur-
ring at all treatment processes for wastewater up-
stream from and at the Point Loma Plant; 
(5) attainment of all other effluent limitations of 
secondary treatment as determined by the Adminis-
trator 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, including 
State concurrence consistent with section 401 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341) 
and ocean discharge criteria evaluation pursuant to 
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section 403 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1343); 
(7) implementation of the pretreatment program 
requirements of paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 
301(h) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1311(h)) in addition to the requirements of 
section 402(b)(8) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(b)(8)); 
(8) that the applicant provide 10 consecutive 
years of ocean monitoring data and analysis for the 
period immediately preceding the date of each appli-
cation for a permit under this section sufficient to 
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Administrator 
that the discharge of pollutants pursuant to a permit 
issued under this section will meet the requirements 
of section 301(h)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1311(h)(2)) and that the ap-
plicant has established and will maintain throughout 
the permit term an ocean monitoring program that 
meets or exceeds the requirements of section 301(h)(3) 
of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1311(h)(3)); and 
(9) to the extent potable reuse is permitted by 
Federal and State regulatory agencies, that the appli-
cant demonstrate that at least 83,000,000 gallons per 
day on an annual average of water suitable for pota-
ble reuse will be produced by December 31, 2038, tak-
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ing into account production of water suitable for po-
table reuse occurring at all treatment processes for 
wastewater upstream from and at the Point Loma 
Plant. 
(c) MILESTONES.—The Administrator shall determine 
development milestones necessary to ensure compliance with 
this section and include such milestones as conditions in 
each permit issued under this section before December 31, 
2038. 
(d) SECONDARY TREATMENT.—Nothing in this section 
prevents the applicant from alternatively submitting an ap-
plication for the Point Loma Plant that complies with sec-
ondary treatment pursuant to section 301(b)(1)(B) and sec-
tion 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1311(b)(1)(B); 33 U.S.C. 1342). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND.—The term 
‘‘biochemical oxygen demand’’ means biological oxy-
gen demand, as such term is used in the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act. 
(3) POINT LOMA PLANT.—The term ‘‘Point Loma 
Plant’’ means the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment 
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Plant owned by the City of San Diego on the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
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Union Calendar No. 759 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1720 
[Report No. 118–929] 
A BILL 
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. 
DECEMBER 19, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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