[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1581 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1581

  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the 
    modification of permitting requirements for discharges composed 
                        entirely of stormwater.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1993

 Mr. Gallegly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the 
    modification of permitting requirements for discharges composed 
                        entirely of stormwater.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stormwater Discharge Improvement and 
Pollution Prevention Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. STORMWATER DISCHARGES.

    Section 402(p) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1342(p)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(7) Modification of permitting requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than October 1, 1997, 
                the Administrator shall issue regulations modifying 
                permit application requirements established under this 
                subsection for the following purposes:
                            ``(i) Comprehensive pollution prevention 
                        plans.--To provide that a person who is issued 
                        a permit under this section for discharges 
                        composed entirely of stormwater will be 
                        considered to have satisfied any requirement 
                        contained in such permit (and any other 
                        requirement of this Act) for treatment of such 
                        discharges if such person implements 
                        institutional and nonstructural source controls 
                        of pollutants under a comprehensive pollution 
                        prevention plan. Any such plan shall be 
                        approved by the Administrator or the State (in 
                        the case of a permit program approved under 
                        section 402 of this Act) in accordance with 
                        criteria and procedures established by the 
                        Administrator.
                            ``(ii) Exemptions.--To establish procedures 
                        under which a facility may be exempt from all 
                        permitting requirements under this section for 
                        discharges composed entirely of stormwater if 
                        the person controlling the facility can 
                        demonstrate any of the following:
                                    ``(I) That the facility is 
                                relatively insignificant in size.
                                    ``(II) That stormwater discharges 
                                from the facility can be expected to 
                                have a minimum environmental impact.
                                    ``(III) That mitigation efforts are 
                                being implemented to prevent pollutants 
                                from entering stormwater discharges 
                                from the facility.
                            ``(iii) Existing permits.--To provide for 
                        the modification of existing permits and permit 
                        applications under this section for discharges 
                        composed entirely of stormwater to conform with 
                        modifications to permit application 
                        requirements under this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Applicability of existing requirements.--
                Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, 
                the Administrator or the State (in the case of a permit 
                program approved under section 402 of this Act)--
                            ``(i) shall not require a permit under this 
                        section, or enforce any provision of an 
                        existing permit, for discharges composed 
                        entirely of stormwater before the effective 
                        date of regulations to be issued under 
                        subparagraph (A); and
                            ``(ii) shall not issue a permit under this 
                        section, or enforce any provision of an 
                        existing permit, which requires, before October 
                        1, 2000, the treatment of discharges composed 
                        entirely of stormwater.
                    ``(C) Advisory group.--The Administrator shall 
                establish an advisory group to assist the Administrator 
                in developing regulations under this paragraph and to 
                ensure that such regulations are simple, flexible, and 
                cost-effective. Such advisory group shall include local 
                elected officials from municipalities representing the 
                size and geographic diversity of municipalities which 
                will be subject to such regulations.
                    ``(D) Effective date.--Regulations issued pursuant 
                to this paragraph shall not take effect before October 
                1, 1997.''.

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