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[CITE: 22USC277d-43]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
 
       SUBCHAPTER IV--INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
 
Sec. 277d-43. Definitions

    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.

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

                       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, Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified 
generally to chapter 26 (Sec. 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.


                               Short Title

    Pub. L. 106-457, title VIII, Sec. 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, Sec. 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.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 277d-45, 277d-46 of this 
title.
