1.This Act may be cited as the
Beach Protection Act of
2007
.
2.Beach water
pollution source identification and prevention
(a)Section 406 of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1346) is amended in each of
subsections (b), (c), (d), (g), and (h) by striking monitoring and
notification
each place it appears and inserting monitoring,
public notification, source tracking, sanitary surveys, and prevention efforts
to address the identified sources of beachwater pollution
.
(b)Authorization of
appropriationsSection 406(i) of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1346(i)) is amended by striking $30,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005
and inserting $60,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012
.
3.Funding for
Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health ActSection 8 of the Beaches Environmental
Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 877) is amended by
striking 2005
and inserting 2012
.
4.Section
406(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C.
1346(b)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting and all environmental
agencies of the State with authority to prevent or treat sources of beachwater
pollution
after public
.
5.Use of rapid
testing methods
(a)Contents of
state and local government programsSection 406(c)(4)(A) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1346(c)(4)(A)) is amended by inserting
, including the use of a rapid testing method after the last day of the
1-year period following the date of approval of the rapid testing method by the
Administrator
before the semicolon at the end.
(b)Section 304(a)(9) of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33 U.S.C. 1314(a)(9)) is amended—
(1)by inserting
rapid
before testing
; and
(2)by striking
, as appropriate
.
(c)Section
502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
(25)The term rapid testing method means a method
of testing for which results are available within 2
hours.
.
6.Prompt
communication with State environmental agenciesSection 406(c)(5) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1346(c)(5)) is amended—
(1)in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking prompt communication
and
inserting communication within 24 hours of the receipt of the results of
a water quality sample
;
(2)in subparagraph
(A), by striking and
at the end;
(3)in
subparagraph (B), by inserting and
after the semicolon at the
end; and
(4)by
adding at the end the following:
(C)all agencies of
the State government with authority to require the prevention or treatment of
the sources of beachwater
pollution;
.
7.Content of State
and local programsSection
406(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1346(c)) is
amended—
(1)in paragraph (6),
by striking and
at the end;
(2)in paragraph (7),
by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
(3)by adding at the
end the following:
(8)measures to
develop and implement a beachwater pollution source identification and tracking
program for the coastal recreation waters that are not meeting applicable water
quality standards for pathogens;
(9)a publicly
accessible and searchable global information system database with information
updated within 24 hours of the availability of the information, organized by
beach and with defined standards, sampling plan, monitoring protocols, sampling
results, and number and cause of beach closing and advisory days; and
(10)measures to ensure that closures or
advisories are made or issued within 24 hours after the State government
determines that any coastal recreation waters in the State are not meeting or
are not expected to meet applicable water quality standards for
pathogens.
.
8.Section 406(h) of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1346(h)) is amended—
(1)by redesignating
paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and
indenting the subparagraphs appropriately;
(2)by striking
In the
and inserting the following: (1)
In general.—In
the
; and
(3)by
adding at the end the following:
(2)On or before July 31
of each calendar year beginning after the date of enactment of this paragraph,
the Administrator shall—
(A)prepare a written
assessment of compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements of this
section for each State and local government and of compliance with conditions
of each grant made under this section to a State or local government;
(B)notify the State
or local government of the assessment; and
(C)make each of the
assessments available to the public in a searchable database on or before
December 31 of the calendar year.
(3)
(A)Any State or local
government that the Administrator notifies under paragraph (2) that the State
or local government is not in compliance with any requirement or grant
condition described in paragraph (2) shall take such action as is necessary to
comply with the requirement or condition by not later than 1 year after the
date of the notification.
(B)If the State or local government is not in
compliance with such a requirement or condition by the date that is 1 year
after the deadline specified in subparagraph (A), any grants made under
subsection (b) to the State or local government, after the last day of the
1-year period and while the State or local government is not in compliance with
all requirements and grant conditions described in paragraph (2), shall require
a Federal share of not to exceed 50 percent.
(4)Not later than December 31 of the third calendar year
beginning after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall—
(A)conduct a review
of the activities of the Administrator under paragraphs (2) and (3) during the
first and second calendar years beginning after that date of enactment;
and
(B)submit to
Congress a report on the results of the
review.
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