[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2567 Introduced in House (IH)]


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2567

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to standards 
                   for constructed water conveyances.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 1995

Mr. Condit (for himself and Mr. Matsui) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to standards 
                   for constructed water conveyances.

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

SECTION 1. CONSTRUCTED WATER CONVEYANCES.

    Section 303(c)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1313(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Standards for constructed water 
                conveyances.--
                            ``(i) Relevant factors.--If a State 
                        exercises jurisdiction over constructed water 
                        conveyances in establishing standards under 
                        this section, the State shall consider the 
                        following:
                                    ``(I) The existing and planned uses 
                                of water transported in a conveyance 
                                system.
                                    ``(II) Any water quality impacts 
                                resulting from any return flow from a 
                                constructed water conveyance to 
                                navigable waters and the need to 
                                protect downstream users.
                                    ``(III) Management practices 
                                necessary to maintain the conveyance 
                                system.
                                    ``(IV) State or regional water 
                                resources management and water 
                                conservation plans.
                                    ``(V) The authorized purpose for 
                                the constructed conveyance.
                            ``(ii) Relevant uses.--If a State adopts or 
                        reviews water quality standards for constructed 
                        water conveyances, it shall not be required to 
                        establish recreational, aquatic life, or fish 
                        consumption uses for such systems if the uses 
                        are not existing or reasonably foreseeable or 
                        such uses impede the authorized uses of the 
                        conveyance system.
                            ``(iii) Statutory construction.--Nothing in 
                        this subparagraph shall be construed to require 
                        a State to exercise jurisdiction over 
                        constructed water conveyances in establishing 
                        standards.
                            ``(iv) Constructed water conveyances 
                        defined.--In this subparagraph, the term 
                        `constructed water conveyance' means a manmade 
                        water transport system constructed for the 
                        purpose of transporting water in a waterway 
                        that is not and never was a natural 
                        waterway.''.
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