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10 U.S.C. § 2694d

Title 10 Chapter 159 Current through PL 119-73 Last updated: March 29, 2026 View on OLRC →
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§ 2694d. Participation in pollutant banks and water quality trading

  • (a) The Secretary of a military department, and the Secretary of Defense with respect to matters concerning a Defense Agency, when engaged in an authorized activity that may or will result in the discharge of pollutants, may make payments to a pollutant banking program or water quality trading program approved in accordance with the Water Quality Trading Policy dated January 13, 2003 , set forth by the Office of Water of the Environmental Protection Agency, or any successor administrative guidance or regulation.
  • (b) Payments made under subsection (a) to a pollutant banking program or water quality trading program may be treated as eligible project costs for military construction.
  • (c) In this section, the term “discharge of pollutants” has the meaning given that term in section 502(12) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1362(12) ) (commonly referred to as the “Clean Water Act”).

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