1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Water Quality Investment Act of
2009
.
(b)
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Amendment of Federal
Water Pollution Control Act.
Title I—Water Quality Financing
Subtitle A—Technical and Management Assistance
Sec. 1101. Technical assistance.
Sec. 1102. State management assistance.
Sec. 1103. Watershed pilot projects.
Subtitle B—Construction of Treatment Works
Sec. 1201. Sewage collection systems.
Sec. 1202. Treatment works defined.
Subtitle C—State Water Pollution Control Revolving
Funds
Sec. 1301. General authority for capitalization
grants.
Sec. 1302. Capitalization grant agreements.
Sec. 1303. Water pollution control revolving loan
funds.
Sec. 1304. Allotment of funds.
Sec. 1305. Intended use plan.
Sec. 1306. Annual Reports.
Sec. 1307. Technical assistance; requirements for use of
American materials.
Sec. 1308. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle D—General Provisions
Sec. 1401. Definition of treatment works.
Sec. 1402. Funding for Indian programs.
Subtitle E—Tonnage Duties
Sec. 1501. Tonnage duties.
Sec. 1502. United States-Mexican border water infrastructure
studies.
Title II—Alternative Water Source Projects
Sec. 2001. Pilot program for alternative water source
projects.
Title III—Sewer Overflow Control Grants
Sec. 3001. Sewer overflow control grants.
Title IV—Monitoring, Reporting, and Public Notification of Sewer
Overflows
Sec. 4001. Monitoring, reporting, and public notification of
sewer overflows.
Title V—Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization
Sec. 5001. Remediation of sediment contamination in areas of
concern.
Sec. 5002. Public information program.
Sec. 5003. Contaminated sediment remediation approaches,
technologies, and techniques.
Sec. 5004. Great Lakes water quality.
Title VI—Pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Sec. 6001. Presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care
products in waters of the United States.
Title VII—Miscellaneous
Sec. 7001. Task force on proper disposal of unused
pharmaceuticals.
Title VIII—OMB Study
Sec. 8001. Evaluation using program assessment rating
tool.
Title IX—Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery
Sec. 9001. Chesapeake Bay Crosscut Budget.
Sec. 9002. Adaptive Management Plan.
Sec. 9003. Definitions.
2.Amendment of
Federal Water Pollution Control
ActExcept as
otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other
provision of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).
<enum>I</enum><header>Water
Quality Financing</header>
<subtitle id="H6E26DDAA9A6F402E818C19349D3F98A6"><enum>A</enum><header>Technical and
Management Assistance</header>
<section id="HBFEAF7D442474A6B95B3B9A6748058DF"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header>
<subsection id="H0AD950BCE9274585B83F53C4B569DDAE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical
Assistance for Rural and Small Treatment Works</header><text>Section 104(b) (33
U.S.C. 1254(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB1CBDFA74FDB410E96F2D307B9B38714"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (6);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H56ED28513F044CC4BD1045D49DBFE1BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0A0DF8B05F1489D8E408AF443D3A05B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2224CCA23F2A4E77A3E145912C6137E1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H610DBEA8F2A5481B857B70A3BA57EC42"><enum>(8)</enum><text>make grants to
nonprofit organizations—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA4BFE7B5D1EB45FFAE8B30AC578D5608"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide technical assistance to rural
and small municipalities and tribal governments for the purpose of assisting,
in consultation with the State in which the assistance is provided, such
municipalities and tribal governments in the planning, developing, and
acquisition of financing for eligible projects described in section
603(c);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H482485FC71584020A6956ADFF0B9B559"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide
technical assistance and training for rural, small, and tribal publicly owned
treatment works and decentralized wastewater treatment systems to enable such
treatment works and systems to protect water quality and achieve and maintain
compliance with the requirements of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D6EA1A950CC43BA9CDB43488DF6E99C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to disseminate
information to rural, small, and tribal municipalities and municipalities that
meet the affordability criteria established under section 603(i)(2) by the
State in which the municipality is located with respect to planning, design,
construction, and operation of publicly owned treatment works and decentralized
wastewater treatment
systems.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBBCC5BC5E33B4714B521E13C2156D470"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>Section 104(u) (33 U.S.C. 1254(u)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H55007021389F4B3BBCFFF2D242A5CEB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and (6)</quote> and inserting <quote>(6)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4F7EE5C7EA44E3580CD42AA100604DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before the period at the end the following: <quote>; and (7) not to exceed
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014 for carrying out
subsections (b)(3), (b)(8), and (g), except that not less than 20 percent of
the amounts appropriated pursuant to this paragraph in a fiscal year shall be
used for carrying out subsection (b)(8)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB4C5EC2B0634C99B3DEE12914C3ED41"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Small flows
clearinghouse</header><text>Section 104(q)(4) (33 U.S.C. 1254(q)(4)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4C1F8D051B2C4D37A7EE8FF998541BF6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence by striking <quote>$1,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$3,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC04D0CE2FF07497A8BD1B9E32F834974"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second
sentence by striking <quote>1986</quote> and inserting
<quote>2011</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6AAD4F5D75674065891DA16E58D700DD"><enum>1102.</enum><header>State
management assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
106(a) (33 U.S.C. 1256(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC943D6225BEC4DADA84D527440388905"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H667244D73FED4A329830B955BDDC7807"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
semicolon at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6DAD963538D44CDEBCF79DD0B010FE99"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6D79E043CB6E4583851C8108A7A2588E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF7DBFE87E82B43BC9691DB3F9C6BBD53"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such sums as may
be necessary for each of fiscal years 1991 through 2009, and $300,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2010 through
2014;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF5E163674235422A867590A9E76D3DB2"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Watershed
pilot projects</header>
<subsection id="H69CCC1AB4CCC400193AD0B499517A6F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pilot
Projects</header><text>Section 122 (33 U.S.C. 1274) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7FE19A83733947B39682B48FE1994A62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Wet
weather</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8BAA6F5F3164B57BB5D8C4858B3CF81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0CAA7BC68114868A9F9617AA47F4F07"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H82B1A9F749884EFCB0AF0BCD9356BEB9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>for treatment works</quote> and inserting <quote>to a
municipality or municipal entity</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE7596EBA957A4A0CAD14E9BC97958851"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>wet weather discharge</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBE0649B7F96348D2A90AF2F0A767B98C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
by striking <quote>in reducing such pollutants</quote> and all that follows
before the period at the end and inserting <quote>to manage, reduce, treat, or
reuse municipal stormwater, including low-impact development technologies and
other techniques that utilize infiltration, evapotranspiration, and reuse of
storm water on site</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7B15848C96B4585AD7AEF1E977BF17B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5315E2CB59AF4D51A20312289AAB4295" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H836AE7BD86E84688A134F29908C56B79"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Watershed
partnerships</header><text>Efforts of municipalities and property owners to
demonstrate cooperative ways to address nonpoint sources of pollution to reduce
adverse impacts on water quality.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H706574E9017B4609AF745C8FC0F159F7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Integrated water
resource plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The development
of an integrated water resource plan for the coordinated management and
protection of surface water, ground water, and stormwater resources on a
watershed or subwatershed basis to meet the objectives, goals, and policies of
this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF5D7F83B235E45CA9ECA9B8AC8A3DD0E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Municipality-wide
storm water management planning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The development of a municipality-wide plan
that identifies the most effective placement of storm water technologies and
management approaches, including green infrastructure, to reduce water quality
impairments from storm water on a municipality-wide basis.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FBDBAEEAE134C3D8F111D49E687AD02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first
sentence of section 122(c)(1) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H405E9F59502B4A0880092A65A69BC4A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking “and”;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6AE8613A9BB144379ADC39BBC4B11A9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period and inserting <quote>, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal
years 2005 through 2009, and $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through
2014</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7280EB7FE7F94FC7B80FBB9FE6B9FA8B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Section 122(d) is amended by striking <quote>5 years
after the date of enactment of this section,</quote> and inserting
<quote>October 1, 2011,</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HDFD528A83C104837901C48DE4E82469B"><enum>B</enum><header>Construction of
Treatment Works</header>
<section id="H1F8B55C53D504EE491EC8666ED4D5E27"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Sewage
collection systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 211
(33 U.S.C. 1291) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEC32B477B2B84154B45B0633C0857AF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
section heading and all that follows through <quote>(a) No</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA0FFB1DB4C8A43D9BA1D945FE242B7E8" style="OLC">
<section id="H89666071C14F4D1A94FF7FF68400ED31"><enum>211.</enum><header>Sewage
collection systems</header>
<subsection id="HDC69C04AE8C74CC2B0D97E514491341E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>No</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HADADFDB0AAD8495595688C129A42299A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)
by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Population
Density</header-in-text>.—</quote> after <quote>(b)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1521E6062AE046F283FC82C4F91EDF85"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9073488103004411876080FCD94BEB44" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCD59C921FF154A48B1AE2AE6947C7B5F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exceptions</header>
<paragraph id="HF3E55FD2BEF84E7C979091D0DF878FEC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Replacement and
major rehabilitation</header><text>Notwithstanding the requirement of
subsection (a)(1) concerning the existence of a collection system as a
condition of eligibility, a project for replacement or major rehabilitation of
a collection system existing on January 1, 2007, shall be eligible for a grant
under this title if the project otherwise meets the requirements of subsection
(a)(1) and meets the requirement of paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5794E0C56DB1466EB75C432C0E6EEF4D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>New
systems</header><text>Notwithstanding the requirement of subsection (a)(2)
concerning the existence of a community as a condition of eligibility, a
project for a new collection system to serve a community existing on January 1,
2007, shall be eligible for a grant under this title if the project otherwise
meets the requirements of subsection (a)(2) and meets the requirement of
paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99C5A942E1544048AABBCAEDF85A267A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>A
project meets the requirement of this paragraph if the purpose of the project
is to accomplish the objectives, goals, and policies of this Act by addressing
an adverse environmental condition existing on the date of enactment of this
paragraph.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H42C60F3877D64D9390EA09E687E774EF"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Treatment
works defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
212(2)(A) (33 U.S.C. 1292(2)(A)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H28F94E394E734E6BB454FC1F1E90B9E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>any works, including site</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC95749493C84BB2930D1F44BA63468C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>is used for ultimate</quote> and inserting <quote>will be used for
ultimate</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68B8788E0E2247278F63015B898D74D3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
before the period at the end the following: <quote>and acquisition of other
lands, and interests in lands, which are necessary for
construction</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HA9C4ECC6031643358FD7234EB47831DC"><enum>C</enum><header>State Water
Pollution Control Revolving Funds</header>
<section id="HB9F8FC0BFC0441DFAE4C1EC583822589"><enum>1301.</enum><header>General
authority for capitalization grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601(a) (33 U.S.C. 1381(a)) is
amended by striking <quote>for providing assistance</quote> and all that
follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>to
accomplish the objectives, goals, and policies of this Act by providing
assistance for projects and activities identified in section
603(c).</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H995DF90934444B8D8F4A6F300347BFE1"><enum>1302.</enum><header>Capitalization
grant agreements</header>
<subsection id="H75AE5604941244C1BB36DDA7EC963F2C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reporting
Infrastructure Assets</header><text>Section 602(b)(9) (33 U.S.C. 1382(b)(9)) is
amended by striking <quote>standards</quote> and inserting <quote>standards,
including standards relating to the reporting of infrastructure
assets</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2D7C6415524C4F8B909F595763535836"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
Requirements</header><text>Section 602(b) (33 U.S.C. 1382(b)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8E1DA0AA83FD44C99215EC56695CF403"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDDE1F6B43D944E6E8B3C231ECA3F986A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>before fiscal year 1995</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F269E142D844900AD709DAD7E6338F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>funds directly made available by capitalization grants under this title
and section 205(m) of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>assistance made
available by a State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized under
this title, or with assistance made available under section 205(m), or
both,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34D4BA27BD474BEC9CBAC8D667C35495"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>201(b)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>513</quote> and
inserting <quote>211 and 511(c)(1)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2C7742D6B4C4D89BD09F8A58B714080"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (9);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA76F7B4080F14D90851501AF7E22A191"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (10) and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEACC49F691F64521BAD64F50867FCEFC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H285B421AB33949B2A6A9B2D23C8A0EB6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H399E67C1EC14480580937116B9E4ABA5"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the State will
establish, maintain, invest, and credit the fund with repayments, such that the
fund balance will be available in perpetuity for providing financial assistance
in accordance with this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDAE6A1E8C2B94FACBDD1E9A86C93F7EF"><enum>(12)</enum><text>any fees charged
by the State to recipients of assistance that are considered program income
will be used for the purpose of financing the cost of administering the fund or
financing projects or activities eligible for assistance from the fund;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H851521D40DE841CEB42FE8EA2A4ACE70"><enum>(13)</enum><text>beginning in
fiscal year 2011, the State will include as a condition of providing assistance
to a municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency that the
recipient of such assistance certify, in a manner determined by the Governor of
the State, that the recipient—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB12CA0B8518F41489D5A03F645BA9BC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has studied and
evaluated the cost and effectiveness of the processes, materials, techniques,
and technologies for carrying out the proposed project or activity for which
assistance is sought under this title, and has selected, to the extent
practicable, a project or activity that maximizes the potential for efficient
water use, reuse, and conservation, and energy conservation, taking into
account the cost of constructing the project or activity, the cost of operating
and maintaining the project or activity over its life, and the cost of
replacing the project or activity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAF9BBE30F47B4B0EB0D21C6132942AF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has considered, to the maximum extent
practicable and as determined appropriate by the recipient, the costs and
effectiveness of other design, management, and financing approaches for
carrying out a project or activity for which assistance is sought under this
title, taking into account the cost of constructing the project or activity,
the cost of operating and maintaining the project or activity over its life,
and the cost of replacing the project or activity;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H692BC9670F194725A5629C8660B8C41C"><enum>(14)</enum><text>the State will
use at least 15 percent of the amount of each capitalization grant received by
the State under this title after September 30, 2010, to provide assistance to
municipalities of fewer than 10,000 individuals that meet the affordability
criteria established by the State under section 603(i)(2) for activities
included on the State’s priority list established under section 603(g), to the
extent that there are sufficient applications for such assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAD96EDAA81204EAFA4DA4E976756D8C2"><enum>(15)</enum><text>a contract to be
carried out using funds directly made available by a capitalization grant under
this title for program management, construction management, feasibility
studies, preliminary engineering, design, engineering, surveying, mapping, or
architectural related services shall be negotiated in the same manner as a
contract for architectural and engineering services is negotiated under chapter
11 of title 40, United States Code, or an equivalent State qualifications-based
requirement (as determined by the Governor of the State); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC406989FBB04525B0ACE0C8AEE31711"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirements of section 513 will apply
to the construction of treatment works carried out in whole or in part with
assistance made available by a State water pollution control revolving fund as
authorized under this title, or with assistance made available under section
205(m), or both, in the same manner as treatment works for which grants are
made under this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC89A158BC5584CDEAA5F8326F74D1F47"><enum>1303.</enum><header>Water
pollution control revolving loan funds</header>
<subsection id="H3C6BFF7B770147C7B6FE47ADA9E97712"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Projects and
Activities Eligible for Assistance</header><text>Section 603(c) (33 U.S.C.
1383(c)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEE3B6B2A6F9F44D1AF8DC4A11B82CD5B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9005C1462E7D4F25A5588333B2620139"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Projects and
Activities Eligible for Assistance</header><text>The amounts of funds available
to each State water pollution control revolving fund shall be used only for
providing financial assistance—</text>
<paragraph id="H19A1DC7A6BB24AFFBA26F256F00B8D11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to any
municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency for construction of
publicly owned treatment works;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90EBAD9ED9874F6284399FED96E046BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the
implementation of a management program established under section 319;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H333699EFEE09449D9F41CFF3FC0DD5F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for development
and implementation of a conservation and management plan under section
320;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H882CA2373BC842FD80871C83D6EAEC77"><enum>(4)</enum><text>for the
implementation of lake protection programs and projects under section
314;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3469FF5B28F14E698CF313F6EF6669DE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>for repair or
replacement of decentralized wastewater treatment systems that treat domestic
sewage;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B91CD8C710E4CD083D161B16E125B9C"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for measures to manage, reduce, treat, or
reuse municipal stormwater, agricultural stormwater, and return flows from
irrigated agriculture;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H828DF19CE3514510B2F5786C732BC85C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to any
municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency for measures to
reduce the demand for publicly owned treatment works capacity through water
conservation, efficiency, or reuse;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDFB422A88D484492ADA76845CECF4CD0"><enum>(8)</enum><text>for the
development and implementation of watershed projects meeting the criteria set
forth in section 122; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A252D8657084C64B32215D7AE58117C"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to any municipality or intermunicipal,
interstate, or State agency for measures to reduce the energy consumption needs
for publicly owned treatment works, including the implementation of
energy-efficient or renewable-energy generation
technologies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA28695BAEBE141958252ECC852EBDF82"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extended
Repayment Period</header><text>Section 603(d)(1) (33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFA3E7FFAF3B646A9AC5F329F155DC0DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A) by striking <quote>20 years</quote> and inserting <quote>the lesser of 30
years or the design life of the project to be financed with the proceeds of the
loan</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H105960F991BD497CA40895C62960313F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B) by striking <quote>not later than 20 years after project completion</quote>
and inserting <quote>upon the expiration of the term of the
loan</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D1928FDC6484AB9B8C51A8AAF8B20CC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fiscal
Sustainability Plan</header><text>Section 603(d)(1) (33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)) is
further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D95DB71DE3B403AB0678BEDD2C43B80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F5263AE6A2941EC887EC502AC0EDB8E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (D); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6059BCEC13EB4EA893AEFD12E6A469E8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFADBB593D4044A19B8AAE12A99038C2D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9689180634EF4A11BCF69EA93F4909D7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for any portion of
a treatment works proposed for repair, replacement, or expansion, and eligible
for assistance under section 603(c)(1), the recipient of a loan will develop
and implement a fiscal sustainability plan that includes—</text>
<clause id="H510B30BEEE25402D880B75F11F31710E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an
inventory of critical assets that are a part of that portion of the treatment
works;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4508AA34E0DA4DCE91E6AFEFCB625A01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the condition and performance of inventoried assets or asset groupings;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0D5BF451116146D1B57488F5C9FC1447"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a certification
that the recipient has evaluated and will be implementing water and energy
conservation efforts as part of the plan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9D2CD9948C4241928ECEE7E81E102927"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a
plan for maintaining, repairing, and, as necessary, replacing that portion of
the treatment works and a plan for funding such
activities;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDDC31CD11B9748D192F29AF52404CD7C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administrative
Expenses</header><text>Section 603(d)(7) (33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(7)) is amended by
inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, $400,000 per
year, or <fraction>1/5</fraction> percent per year of the current valuation of
the fund, whichever amount is greatest, plus the amount of any fees collected
by the State for such purpose regardless of the source</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H29BFA4CEA77E43E08EC205E1D4E7E9CC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technical and
Planning Assistance for Small Systems</header><text>Section 603(d) (33 U.S.C.
1383(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD6B278A0448441DD8E1BB6116429F925"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (6);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1582A0529E445D788DC69DBBBF3C6A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7ABA359C3AC45A5992671C2CD5DCAF0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H05D16F12D86D495F85E44F317B0F8729" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H53D37058336848E9AD4FD39749C31D7D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to provide grants
to owners and operators of treatment works that serve a population of 10,000 or
fewer for obtaining technical and planning assistance and assistance in
financial management, user fee analysis, budgeting, capital improvement
planning, facility operation and maintenance, equipment replacement, repair
schedules, and other activities to improve wastewater treatment plant
management and operations, except that the total amount provided by the State
in grants under this paragraph for a fiscal year may not exceed one percent of
the total amount of assistance provided by the State from the fund in the
preceding fiscal year, or 2 percent of the total amount received by the State
in capitalization grants under this title in the preceding fiscal year,
whichever amount is greatest; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49D2BA5F52204BBC9BE0BAA62906E286"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to provide grants
to owners and operators of treatment works for conducting an assessment of the
energy and water consumption of the treatment works, and evaluating potential
opportunities for energy and water conservation through facility operation and
maintenance, equipment replacement, and projects or activities that promote the
efficient use of energy and water by the treatment works, except that the total
amount provided by the State in grants under this paragraph for a fiscal year
may not exceed one percent of the total amount of assistance provided by the
State from the fund in the preceding fiscal year, or 2 percent of the total
amount received by the State in capitalization grants under this title in the
preceding fiscal year, whichever amount is
greatest.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE1FC921E1FCD496A83904B5ADD9C8925"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional
Subsidization</header><text>Section 603 (33 U.S.C. 1383) is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H65CE37DA954346CE8272E39A422CA02E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H045A8903BFE241F0B1D21AF33859B0A4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Additional
Subsidization</header>
<paragraph id="H81E502540F1A48A985C0067C6243A14A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In any case in which a State provides assistance to a
municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency under subsection
(d), the State may provide additional subsidization, including forgiveness of
principal and negative interest loans—</text>
<subparagraph id="H60AAF613250543978C37E3BE615F8F6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to benefit a
municipality that—</text>
<clause id="H78325B5DC698439A81DC463B3F101817"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets the State’s
affordability criteria established under paragraph (2); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H41A82EA85E3F482CA92237422151E319"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not meet the
State’s affordability criteria if the recipient—</text>
<subclause id="HEF4B7186C21B4F069CFBB8A0DDD3990F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>seeks additional
subsidization to benefit individual ratepayers in the residential user rate
class;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1B6A073A94874AF58C64243C14E7AB12"><enum>(II)</enum><text>demonstrates to
the State that such ratepayers will experience a significant hardship from the
increase in rates necessary to finance the project or activity for which
assistance is sought; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1BCB13C19284431A8DC7F6032CB81088"><enum>(III)</enum><text>ensures, as part
of an assistance agreement between the State and the recipient, that the
additional subsidization provided under this paragraph is directed through a
user charge rate system (or other appropriate method) to such ratepayers;
or</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF2E44563723945B0B450E3BCA5C9D627"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to implement a process, material,
technique, or technology to address water-efficiency goals, address
energy-efficiency goals, mitigate stormwater runoff, or encourage
environmentally sensitive project planning, design, and construction.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB6911C3A2F9B4100836A4DE04C195A2A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Affordability
criteria</header>
<subparagraph id="HBB7D0F07844A4602AE36D8839ED6D31B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On or before September 30, 2010, and after
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, a State shall establish
affordability criteria to assist in identifying municipalities that would
experience a significant hardship raising the revenue necessary to finance a
project or activity eligible for assistance under section 603(c)(1) if
additional subsidization is not provided. Such criteria shall be based on
income data, population trends, and other data determined relevant by the
State, including whether the project or activity is to be carried out in an
economically distressed area, as described in section 301 of the Public Works
and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3161).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E263E287E2443A795D35084ADC2EB8D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Existing
criteria</header><text>If a State has previously established, after providing
notice and an opportunity for public comment, affordability criteria that meet
the requirements of subparagraph (A), the State may use the criteria for the
purposes of this subsection. For purposes of this Act, any such criteria shall
be treated as affordability criteria established under this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7909D9362E21458A81E6D2245548D11C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Information to
assist states</header><text>The Administrator may publish information to assist
States in establishing affordability criteria under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB0C417B895684EAE9B453CF6EC92EFB5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>A
State may give priority to a recipient for a project or activity eligible for
funding under section 603(c)(1) if the recipient meets the State’s
affordability criteria.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05D90A5628A94B9799A06F29968DC1BE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Set-aside</header>
<subparagraph id="HD0326BC7B4C044A99126C1E1FD28C720"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In any fiscal year in which the Administrator has
available for obligation more than $1,000,000,000 for the purposes of this
title, a State shall provide additional subsidization under this subsection in
the amount specified in subparagraph (B) to eligible entities described in
paragraph (1) for projects and activities identified in the State’s intended
use plan prepared under section 606(c) to the extent that there are sufficient
applications for such assistance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FAA0CB489644191B1156ECC9E465C3D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>In
a fiscal year described in subparagraph (A), a State shall set aside for
purposes of subparagraph (A) an amount not less than 25 percent of the
difference between—</text>
<clause id="HC0BCA5FDB58945019E82486EE3C36E10"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total amount
that would have been allotted to the State under section 604 for such fiscal
year if the amount available to the Administrator for obligation under this
title for such fiscal year had been equal to $1,000,000,000; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBB35D1471ED34ECD95B28E4209DE8758"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total amount
allotted to the State under section 604 for such fiscal year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDDE69C221DAF43099D00E506A9075A3C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
total amount of additional subsidization provided under this subsection by a
State may not exceed 30 percent of the total amount of capitalization grants
received by the State under this title in fiscal years beginning after
September 30,
2009.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HEE1C3CB5353D4B89AADF4F90E70D23C0"><enum>1304.</enum><header>Allotment of
funds</header>
<subsection id="H56CCEDADF3DF44038BB94D134303031F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Section 604(a) (33 U.S.C. 1384(a)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE46EEAE86F9A4393A791576718EFE509" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8851C5BD88024EB396D0F21FFDB8BFB2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allotments</header>
<paragraph id="HBB4BE4CC4BA44B0198C3B693D218311B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fiscal years
2010 and 2011</header><text>Sums appropriated to carry out this title for each
of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 shall be allotted by the Administrator in
accordance with the formula used to allot sums appropriated to carry out this
title for fiscal year 2009.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB0534968C5B43BABD69176FAF34976C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2012
and thereafter</header><text>Sums appropriated to carry out this title for
fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be allotted by the
Administrator as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD044BFBD8D324CCAA2002BE1CA0B9FED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Amounts that do
not exceed $1,350,000,000 shall be allotted in accordance with the formula
described in paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H245B2FB9B5144573AF593FD89028EB77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Amounts that
exceed $1,350,000,000 shall be allotted in accordance with the formula
developed by the Administrator under subsection
(d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H404B5D1409BA420FAA6A8D133DFBF8CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Planning
Assistance</header><text>Section 604(b) (33 U.S.C. 1384(b)) is amended by
striking <quote>1 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>2
percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEBB21A2472F3483685702F5566AFC7E4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Formula</header><text>Section
604 (33 U.S.C. 1384) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD8398C52C506411797F654876679C376" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H14191CAE83244FF2BB4107ADA3F7B9F1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Formula Based on
Water Quality Needs</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2011, and after
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, the Administrator shall
publish an allotment formula based on water quality needs in accordance with
the most recent survey of needs developed by the Administrator under section
516(b).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HAA21F8531B6C48FC939F1745CCC4D4C6"><enum>1305.</enum><header>Intended use
plan</header>
<subsection id="HD66FECC63C774A619C276BC174092514"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Integrated
Priority List</header><text>Section 603(g) (33 U.S.C. 1383(g)) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEA5F81A80DD247A5939D2348AE851D47" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3ED22C276D00468E831D81F1DF4AC65A"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Priority
List</header>
<paragraph id="HAFAD870A847F44A69FB05E1A19C3F419"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter, a
State shall establish or update a list of projects and activities for which
assistance is sought from the State’s water pollution control revolving fund.
Such projects and activities shall be listed in priority order based on the
methodology established under paragraph (2). The State may provide financial
assistance from the State’s water pollution control revolving fund only with
respect to a project or activity included on such list. In the case of projects
and activities eligible for assistance under section 603(c)(2), the State may
include a category or subcategory of nonpoint sources of pollution on such list
in lieu of a specific project or activity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3D7E57410A54D93862326580ED230FB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Methodology</header>
<subparagraph id="HB7B74DF30F794A41886C07FD5A66E88E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
paragraph, and after providing notice and opportunity for public comment, each
State (acting through the State’s water quality management agency and other
appropriate agencies of the State) shall establish a methodology for developing
a priority list under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7AA42686C8714A7B9B7EB673722C82D9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority for
projects and activities that achieve greatest water quality
improvement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the
methodology, the State shall seek to achieve the greatest degree of water
quality improvement, taking into consideration the requirements of section
602(b)(5) and section 603(i)(3), whether such water quality improvements would
be realized without assistance under this title, and whether the proposed
projects and activities would address water quality impairments associated with
existing treatment works.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92472AE46806411382E3DF03635BDA19"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Considerations
in selecting projects and activities</header><text>In determining which
projects and activities will achieve the greatest degree of water quality
improvement, the State shall consider—</text>
<clause id="H42459E02FA924732BDC3CD11303D4F42"><enum>(i)</enum><text>information
developed by the State under sections 303(d) and 305(b);</text>
</clause><clause id="HB6209500A1194CAA86B1FC2E8AD15E92"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State’s
continuing planning process developed under section 303(e);</text>
</clause><clause id="HB9778D4C509C4B778139FE85168ED936"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the State’s
management program developed under section 319; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H90D370B1C1BF4C6795822BE24CAEA307"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>conservation and
management plans developed under section 320.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0FB2EDEF0E84E63A1362C648694D6ED"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Nonpoint
sources</header><text>For categories or subcategories of nonpoint sources of
pollution that a State may include on its priority list under paragraph (1),
the State shall consider the cumulative water quality improvements associated
with projects or activities in such categories or subcategories.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEEA0312989949B9ABCBD0969B4F8FE2"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Existing
methodologies</header><text>If a State has previously developed, after
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, a methodology that
meets the requirements of this paragraph, the State may use the methodology for
the purposes of this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H24966A36E39B45C08F92B4AED5C2D49B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Intended Use
Plan</header><text>Section 606(c) (33 U.S.C. 1386(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H120C6963B71D48B5939BFCD5AB7B8189"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>each State shall annually
prepare</quote> and inserting <quote>each State (acting through the State’s
water quality management agency and other appropriate agencies of the State)
shall annually prepare and publish</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFBAB05463B3F444CB4AD7CD59AB6E319"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC5557928A6B24282A81B249AAEF46676" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H39DE7F8CD26748CD96EF536A627174D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the State’s
priority list developed under section
603(g);</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB3E774EAF520470688D9856559C2DE31"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5A45B8CC9A7E452DB2C471345A495C48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and (6)</quote> and inserting <quote>(6), (15), and (17)</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H23517D50D4284E63A25FE1BD23B2B859"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD2C714CF6CA548DABA70AF5F6D451B60"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4F73F6B22004D26B6A5E141998E94EF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF114EEBC99AB4A639B329D2C44C2F952" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9674342BA3774330899215325BF582ED"><enum>(6)</enum><text>if the State does
not fund projects and activities in the order of the priority established under
section 603(g), an explanation of why such a change in order is
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1F5DDFD6860541089A2DD13D5B9BD517"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transitional
Provision</header><text>Before completion of a priority list based on a
methodology established under section 603(g) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="FWPCA">Federal Water Pollution Control Act</act-name>
(as amended by this section), a State shall continue to comply with the
requirements of sections 603(g) and 606(c) of such Act, as in effect on the day
before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F54080575DC494CB247FB34EAF54BFB"><enum>1306.</enum><header>Annual
Reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 606(d) (33
U.S.C. 1386(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2A15688522C944AAB9830764EE1E73C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(d) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Annual
report.—</header-in-text>Beginning</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBCD3DC6127B4E5185827D40A9C9F030" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H293B5B39AFC04963A1BF15A6ECBFCA94"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual
Reports</header>
<paragraph id="H392F8AD822B24BFF9E9B3CAFDF83E78D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51CD6FC439DD4E39BB60CD59025F44DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
(as so designated) by striking <quote>loan amounts,</quote> and inserting
<quote>loan amounts, the eligible purposes under section 603(c) for which the
assistance has been provided,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF734704B6F546C5B132F2CFAA588E75"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC929515009346A496280F9837823435" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2D0F089C5008432CAB3B958615A77D08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall annually prepare, and make publicly available, a report on the
performance of the projects and activities carried out in whole or in part with
assistance made available by a State water pollution control revolving fund as
authorized under this title during the previous fiscal year, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H388BEF3AFD3B4B75940DE8FABC2B6B55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the annual and
cumulative financial assistance provided to States under this title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE26AD2FAE5C34B60AF1CE0F15D438BEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the categories and
types of such projects and activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36ED034293ED4FC288EF98BBC307EA8A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the number of jobs created
through carrying out such projects and activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF233767964D4A858AA1498DCE642A15"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an assessment of
the progress made toward meeting the goals and purposes of this Act through
such projects and activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFEFB7D53A0CC4EDE96BEE4E6ABA5B9D4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any additional
information that the Administrator considers
appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA2B5350B8FA74C51BFF036AA325F7C98"><enum>1307.</enum><header>Technical
assistance; requirements for use of American materials</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title VI (33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1AA6BAEBAEBF46E2B42AEA36CC96BF55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
section 607 as section 609; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF15095004B7E4251B46E8795D1FB32EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 606 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8D86116FBFF2416B81F38F43FEDFF193" style="OLC">
<section id="H19F0DCAC9FEE4C33B329033A9247FB19"><enum>607.</enum><header>Technical
assistance</header>
<subsection id="H35E4D3C88B7340CE849CFAB3E2DBF271"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Simplified
Procedures</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this section, the Administrator shall assist the States in establishing
simplified procedures for treatment works to obtain assistance under this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4B214186691146FFAF230D9EB1E7E781"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication of
Manual</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of
this section, and after providing notice and opportunity for public comment,
the Administrator shall publish a manual to assist treatment works in obtaining
assistance under this title and publish in the Federal Register notice of the
availability of the manual.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0E6C31FDB2DA41CBBC3275536BABB5EB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance
criteria</header><text>At the request of any State, the Administrator, after
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, shall assist in the
development of criteria for a State to determine compliance with the conditions
of funding assistance established under sections 602(b)(13) and
603(d)(1)(E).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H8228F23460584BCB8D425557E21486E9"><enum>608.</enum><header>Requirements
for use of American materials</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBCB843DC021340C2BB7FA675BC772900"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds made available by a State water
pollution control revolving fund as authorized under this title may be used for
the construction of treatment works unless the steel, iron, and manufactured
goods used in such treatment works are produced in the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0745214F90644C93BB00F3FA19E36EEB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Subsection
(a) shall not apply in any case in which the Administrator (in consultation
with the Governor of the State) finds that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H314318E46EA945DDA6C3E8515E601FCE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>applying
subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public interest;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD5604B80E3E74E559D0D24935338DA98"><enum>(2)</enum><text>steel, iron, and
manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and
reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF3C82188C58440EB8C0F6343C98F86D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>inclusion of
steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the United States will increase
the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC2DC561180AA4398819B47EA316DFA02"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public
notification and written justification for waiver</header><text>If the
Administrator determines that it is necessary to waive the application of
subsection (a) based on a finding under subsection (b), the Administrator
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H760FA5B10F0A4DC39D8EE54AB3E9A797"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not less than 15
days prior to waiving application of subsection (a), provide public notice and
the opportunity to comment on the Administrator’s intent to issue such waiver;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC2666E313B64F89A3103347F3D6A194"><enum>(2)</enum><text>upon issuing such
waiver, publish in the Federal Register a detailed written justification as to
why the provision is being waived.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H188FF8646FD0488FB3E10BC5769643EF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consistency with
international agreements</header><text>This section shall be applied in a
manner consistent with United States obligations under international
agreements.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H40B8D33B69B44C2F97548042517E289D"><enum>1308.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 609
(as redesignated by section 1307 of this Act) is amended by striking paragraphs
(1) through (5) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2648C0367EAF4DAAAD9EF82D4D83EAC7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA5EB356F61DD4D8AAD1FBA9E21E779A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="HF6C4EA2949BF47CE93F4DB407AE48B05"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$2,400,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H811AE3DF696244C8BAF5863EC5EA7D9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$2,700,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA104944CA86A4D778C87A7FFFD1B17C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$2,800,000,000 for
fiscal year 2012;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBE18C3D22C244E780BB0185E8AA75D6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$2,900,000,000 for
fiscal year 2013; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF33D1F7F53E445A837345DE6DA43008"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$3,000,000,000 for
fiscal year 2014.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H38D548FF2BEF41B68E0E6938F83FF3D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on
earmarks</header><text>None of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection
(a) may be used for a congressional earmark as defined in clause 9d, of Rule
XXI of the rules of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H6ECFCB3773B742EE98B782BE79674505"><enum>D</enum><header>General
Provisions</header>
<section id="HA4F532204F6C4E97ADB861B1D7592A21"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Definition of
treatment works</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 502
(33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA7E9642AA41C44EC878785026D3DDFC9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBBA9FC5E36FD4C16B4CB937ADD0E6AA0"><enum>(26)</enum><header>Treatment
works</header><text>The term <term>treatment works</term> has the meaning given
that term in section
212.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H2013F6C35A1B4070A1A1FB139C55C00F"><enum>1402.</enum><header>Funding for
Indian programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 518(c)
(33 U.S.C. 1377) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H542F801B432C4420AE18F44CE9DC0688"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The Administrator</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HACB9349D89544639A230B98782DA081A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7AC4E0D4DA614FD9A5AC579E57B8B143"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fiscal years
1987–2008</header><text>The
Administrator</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H682BE98908F647CB9C16CB754B9A0F9F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)
(as so designated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC097C1F2C7C442768658E94842416C6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and ending before October 1, 2008,</quote> after <quote>1986,</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24876ACFDFAF4AECB0D4F3089EB4AB5D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
second sentence; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9C4D7992C5DE49CEAC5C26E25FA88B09"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H68640805AB414456970842142F4D6FD4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9995F4C31CEF42689CEF3CB886AA2723"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2009
and thereafter</header><text>For fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year
thereafter, the Administrator shall reserve, before allotments to the States
under section 604(a), not less than 0.5 percent and not more than 1.5 percent
of the funds made available to carry out title VI.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5EA12117E77840398E23ABCF492F451B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Funds reserved under this subsection shall be available
only for grants for projects and activities eligible for assistance under
section 603(c) to serve—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6BA5596424AB4051A13816842F3F2238"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Indian tribes (as
defined in section 518(h));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA227B37CA924945B7317071C5C345AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>former Indian
reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB26093F3A2245D4A3AC8173026E0371"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Native villages
(as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C.
1602)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HEA75D8E19DC94673829BAF0276F74DF6"><enum>E</enum><header>Tonnage
Duties</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A41D7EEFFF2428D843B775DB5F4B872" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1501.</enum><header>Tonnage
duties</header>
<subsection id="H9BDB6C5DF7E34838ADF7994825EA7769"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 60301 of title 46, United State Code, is amended
by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H58F856EAF74748FBBDBAF30256209D11" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBA64E4ED181947BAA51BE93676FF0660"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Lower
rate</header>
<paragraph id="H264BB3CAA6734E1891BBF9D51F644B6E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Imposition of
duty</header><text>A duty is imposed at the rate described in paragraph (2) at
each entry in a port of the United States of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D62F505BECC49DE8E7D7ECF92997EFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a vessel entering
from a foreign port or place in North America, Central America, the West Indies
Islands, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, or the coast of South America
bordering the Caribbean Sea; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04D9ED7CB8DC46C69E293B6E47FD14A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a vessel returning
to the same port or place in the United States from which it departed, and not
entering the United States from another port or place, except—</text>
<clause id="H40E03244342F4218827B41B4B305534D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
vessel of the United States;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEC20084B8C424396B550619F2DBEEF3A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
recreational vessel (as defined in section 2101 of this title); or</text>
</clause><clause id="HE75FD3A203A64874A35ECEBDA33E44E9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a barge.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C5C968CEC084121B375EED87107C499"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rate</header><text>The
rate referred to in paragraph (1) shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H903C4D0FA6CA4DA498DE6592FA1B3DF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>4.5 cents per ton
(but not more than a total of 22.5 cents per ton per year) for fiscal years
2006 through 2009;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB5F301150024C6B9F34B8CF9622A6A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">9.0 cents per ton (but not more than a
total of 45 cents per ton per year) for fiscal years 2010 through 2019;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B9B5B78BAC04E38B22540043E156862"><enum>(C)</enum><text>2 cents per ton
(but not more than a total of 10 cents per ton per year) for each fiscal year
thereafter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H21BA230FAB984075A452DF3823686D67"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Higher
rate</header>
<paragraph id="H275DAAC562F94C7B87A13F44047905BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Imposition of
duty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A duty is imposed at the
rate described in paragraph (2) on a vessel at each entry in a port of the
United States from a foreign port or place not named in subsection
(a)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE8D4258C73544DC840646FF5D077AC2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rate</header><text>The
rate referred to in paragraph (1) shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H17229CE8256244BD88849F5118574636"><enum>(A)</enum><text>13.5 cents per ton
(but not more than a total of 67.5 cents per ton per year) for fiscal years
2006 through 2009;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7178429D26F24F889125AE7339E96B36"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">27 cents per ton (but not more than a total
of $1.35 per ton per year) for fiscal years 2010 through 2019, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8887F2EFEE52464FB138C13F7C725C84"><enum>(C)</enum><text>6 cents per ton
(but not more than a total of 30 cents per ton per year) for each fiscal year
thereafter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE96AE00B7142473291410EF74200B7AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text>Such title is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC9802A1C9AAA4D53B2FC581201331DAC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
heading for subtitle VI and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDBDBE953C8548D9AB1959D009F68E92" style="USC">
<subtitle id="H70B459901EBE473887D19833775B5D0D"><enum>VI</enum><header>Clearance and
Tonnage
Duties</header>
</subtitle><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BB2AFCDF7D248B291FB7063309A7552"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading for chapter 603, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="chapter" style="USC">Taxes</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="chapter" style="OLC">Duties</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC7112364FD349058056E9C5676E3B62"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the headings of
sections in chapter 603, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">taxes</header-in-text></quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="USC">duties</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H939B1F6F7018474E895F0DD4EE468FF2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the heading for
subsection (a) of section 60303, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">tax</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">duty</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB42F5F1CB264646A823AEE1009A0B0E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in the text of
sections in chapter 603, by striking <quote>taxes</quote> each place it appears
and inserting <quote>duties</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D447B9D883642B28381E4C7F09A543B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in the text of
sections in chapter 603, by striking <quote>tax</quote> each place it appears
and inserting <quote>duty</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC7B004F687414ACFB5A7A941CE58FB97"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical
amendments</header><text>Such title is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE0AEF5D6ABF64F559D62572BC9B62D9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the title
analysis by striking the item relating to subtitle VI and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9E852B6D89E473E8D7E5B4CD7C585B4" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="subtitle"><toc-enum>VI.
</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="subtitle">CLEARANCE AND TONNAGE
DUTIES</level-header><target>60101</target></multi-column-toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC14C878EB54C468AB463DBFE15D77507"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the analysis for subtitle VI by striking
the item relating to chapter 603 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB2315BAE4438406C99493CE6072183A1" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<multi-column-toc-entry level="chapter"><toc-enum>603.</toc-enum><level-header level="chapter">Tonnage
Duties and Light
Money</level-header><target>60301</target></multi-column-toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEB918BB9248D4D30A60AA5BF9A3470E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the analysis
for chapter 603—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1B659B9C86304D6AAB4D65FB6BE6544E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the
items relating to sections 60301 and 60302 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDA07F7D372D4AFDBD9DD54FC4DB5AD2" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">60301. Regular tonnage duties.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry level="section">60302. Special tonnage
duties.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">and</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0A3FC840425434C8ADDBB11FC7A9810"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
item relating to section 60304 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAB07692192A4F859CEAC5C7C5E99611" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">60304. Presidential suspension of tonnage
duties and light money.
</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF2CAE288553A448CB159AD44F30C58AA"><enum>1502.</enum><header>United
States-Mexican border water infrastructure studies</header>
<subsection id="H64735A1810CD4726BB5E69972CF317A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study of
infrastructure along the Rio Grande River</header>
<paragraph id="H0CE5BDB575A94DA784FDF746E32F84A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
shall conduct a study of wastewater treatment facilities that discharge into
the Rio Grande River and develop recommendations for improving monitoring,
information sharing, and cooperation between the United States and
Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BEEFA3645434E88A08A7D686B31F2A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
Administrator shall conduct the study in consultation with the Secretary of
State, appropriate representatives of the Mexican government, and the
International Boundary Waters Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2CC35ED8172B43B9BBC88B7E2C1B8165"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 12 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on
the results of the study, together with the recommendations developed under
paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H69DC3F0A5B014D6E947B0BFF60A43F30"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study of water
infrastructure along the United States-Mexico border</header>
<paragraph id="H84198007C0794E43894532C8082F5239"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
Comptroller General shall conduct a study on water infrastructure along the
border between the United States and Mexico to augment current studies relating
to colonias development.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEDA891BD4D0410385E44E1CFD128334"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Comptroller General shall examine the comprehensive
planning needs relating to water and wastewater infrastructure for colonias
along the border between the United States and Mexico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1400E2B0F37A421EB806A930AC9E8507"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Alternative Water
Source Projects</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FFA3841EE9F4396A56FEF037167D9E7"><enum>2001.</enum><header>Pilot program
for alternative water source projects</header>
<subsection id="HEF3E34791FBF4753B9DB8ED6F900B71D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Selection of
projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 220(d)(2)
(33 U.S.C. 1300(d)(2)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the
following: <quote>or whether the project is located in an area which is served
by a public water system serving 10,000 individuals or fewer</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32E877FF3FF64B6D9DD0AC767C9925E6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 220(j)
(33 U.S.C. 1300(j)) is amended by striking <quote>$75,000,000 for fiscal years
2002 through 2004</quote> and inserting <quote>$50,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2010 through 2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Sewer Overflow
Control Grants</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8578889A77F14FA68ED3CD3E8FE70B89" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3001.</enum><header>Sewer overflow
control grants</header>
<subsection id="H532918FBE4A84DD39100CD37DB909290"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrative
Requirements</header><text>Section 221(e) (33 U.S.C. 1301(e)) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Federal Water Pollution Control Act" id="HD12E2DB3CCDE487088B578CDC2D239D1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3F79480F437342F5A4F78AC5E2E317CB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administrative
Requirements</header><text>A project that receives assistance under this
section shall be carried out subject to the same requirements as a project that
receives assistance from a State water pollution control revolving fund under
title VI, except to the extent that the Governor of the State in which the
project is located determines that a requirement of title VI is inconsistent
with the purposes of this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DEF93104EFB4140983DB6C2BB4A0F37"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 221(f)
(33 U.S.C. 1301(f)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25D084ABDAA54692BBF3B100D9F72DC9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE8C0B945537247ABB79A75664FBDB63A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H3D31B271EA804F6898E1C208EE0EADBA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE3720CC431D34254A1683A2FD9AA94D4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum
allocations</header><text>To the extent there are sufficient eligible project
applications, the Administrator shall ensure that a State uses not less than 20
percent of the amount of the grants made to the State under subsection (a) in a
fiscal year to carry out projects to control municipal combined sewer overflows
and sanitary sewer overflows through the use of green infrastructure, water and
energy efficiency improvements, and other environmentally innovative
activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF9AFC4DB40C4A0C8496707ED6F11FB1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header><text>Section 221(g) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1301(g)) is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD9427C69079E40E4B9CDC37D180475A3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9C3EA1E57E27467FAE6FDF7AB0713271"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Allocation of
funds</header>
<paragraph id="H848B08D5EA5B4969A7042A3611565FB4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2010</header><text>Subject to subsection (h), the Administrator shall use the
amounts appropriated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2010 for making
grants to municipalities and municipal entities under subsection (a)(2) in
accordance with the criteria set forth in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H444B6B7AC45C479FAA8CF409BDFDB8AE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2011
and thereafter</header><text>Subject to subsection (h), the Administrator shall
use the amounts appropriated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2011 and
each fiscal year thereafter for making grants to States under subsection (a)(1)
in accordance with a formula to be established by the Administrator, after
providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, that allocates to each
State a proportional share of such amounts based on the total needs of the
State for municipal combined sewer overflow controls and sanitary sewer
overflow controls identified in the most recent survey conducted pursuant to
section
516.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF4189278EB1941FD99EA5BFCE5421A4C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The
first sentence of section 221(i) (33 U.S.C. 1301(i)) is amended by striking
<quote>2003</quote> and inserting <quote>2012</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Monitoring,
Reporting, and Public Notification of Sewer Overflows</header>
<section id="H599A09BEFCD14898BC4994BBFC1F1666"><enum>4001.</enum><header>Monitoring,
reporting, and public notification of sewer overflows</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402 (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC4B71CA4EF5C4FB6A7EC5918D73F36C9" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3E1766ACEE6F4F6C9D97E257E1AA27B1"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Sewer Overflow
Monitoring, Reporting, and Notifications</header>
<paragraph id="HF133D811611D40549EEDF0288FC2086F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General
requirements</header><text>After the last day of the 180-day period beginning
on the date on which regulations are issued under paragraph (4), a permit
issued, renewed, or modified under this section by the Administrator or the
State, as the case may be, for a publicly owned treatment works shall require,
at a minimum, beginning on the date of the issuance, modification, or renewal,
that the owner or operator of the treatment works—</text>
<subparagraph id="H375B8B06C6D74E77BBF03282DB180CD1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>institute and
utilize a feasible methodology, technology, or management program for
monitoring sewer overflows to alert the owner or operator to the occurrence of
a sewer overflow in a timely manner;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB81DDF87CE9747B5937C16C1A9A8C510"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a
sewer overflow that has the potential to affect human health, notify the public
of the overflow as soon as practicable but not later than 24 hours after the
time the owner or operator knows of the overflow;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B30A30F3F3C464D995F59A879ADDEAB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a sewer overflow that may
imminently and substantially endanger human health, notify public health
authorities and other affected entities, such as public water systems, of the
overflow immediately after the owner or operator knows of the overflow;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0E01A67315140CFACCD6E5838110FBF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report each sewer overflow on its discharge
monitoring report to the Administrator or the State, as the case may be, by
describing—</text>
<clause id="HADDB218D93BE41F292410E332779C32D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the magnitude,
duration, and suspected cause of the overflow;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAEB54B45CED941D2A5B2E7F0E0988429"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the steps taken
or planned to reduce, eliminate, or prevent recurrence of the overflow;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2C242313CEE4FC1A437C98F5BCC65C7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the steps taken
or planned to mitigate the impact of the overflow; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18F90CC68125464695F90E84AE3C9EE1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">annually report to the Administrator or the
State, as the case may be, the total number of sewer overflows in a calendar
year, including—</text>
<clause id="HFD096DC44D264FE9B0CA940A87C1565C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the details of how
much wastewater was released per incident;</text>
</clause><clause id="H482563B2B5054976BC50C226C71ED9C4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the duration of
each sewer overflow;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFD3F5E0AD5CD42ABAAE49845B46898E6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the location of
the overflow and any potentially affected receiving waters;</text>
</clause><clause id="H60F2D59622B04292B84881F4775B1EB8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the responses
taken to clean up the overflow; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1A6AF699BB524E44A48CB0CCDA0327D8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the actions taken
to mitigate impacts and avoid further sewer overflows at the site.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1452AC6C462644189D89049CEB086EED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header>
<subparagraph id="H22CA4D39821943F187064BF2CEABF708"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notification
requirements</header><text>The notification requirements of paragraphs (1)(B)
and (1)(C) shall not apply to a sewer overflow that is a wastewater backup into
a single-family residence.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20B86582A5AA4170A5BBEC7AC8D9E72F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reporting
requirements</header><text>The reporting requirements of paragraphs (1)(D) and
(1)(E) shall not apply to a sewer overflow that is a release of wastewater that
occurs in the course of maintenance of the treatment works, is managed
consistently with the treatment works’ best management practices, and is
intended to prevent sewer overflows.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD84444F357224B3BBFD3B15EDDB359C6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report to
EPA</header><text>Each State shall provide to the Administrator annually a
summary of sewer overflows that occurred in the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB525AEE68A6F4B108B176882E11B03F8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rulemaking by
EPA</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this
subsection, the Administrator, after providing notice and an opportunity for
public comment, shall issue regulations to implement this subsection, including
regulations to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6511961C9FD14BA3979200ABF171C2A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish a set of
criteria to guide the owner or operator of a publicly owned treatment works
in—</text>
<clause id="HB3C83049EF6F4AC2A0EF4B322DFCB535"><enum>(i)</enum><text>assessing whether
a sewer overflow has the potential to affect human health or may imminently and
substantially endanger human health; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDD7D0B5E21514E5285846B80860C2C32"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>developing
communication measures that are sufficient to give notice under paragraphs
(1)(B) and (1)(C); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB41A1FA341FC402E851E68011CCFB9B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>define the terms
<term>feasible</term> and <term>timely</term> as such terms apply to paragraph
(1)(A), including site specific conditions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A929C7EBDCB43518F8AC0BACDE1D4C8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Approval of
State notification programs</header>
<subparagraph id="H04C9471239994DA4B0A3B0A911143EF7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requests for
approval</header>
<clause id="H9943E81AFEDF40C4B40FAD6DBE5427CC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>After the date of issuance of regulations under paragraph
(4), a State may submit to the Administrator evidence that the State has in
place a legally enforceable notification program that is substantially
equivalent to or exceeds the requirements of paragraphs (1)(B) and
(1)(C).</text>
</clause><clause id="HE2BC930EB3594CCD8A8978FEB7CA65BD"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Program review
and authorization</header><text>If the evidence submitted by a State under
clause (i) shows the notification program of the State to be substantially
equivalent to or exceeds the requirements of paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(C), the
Administrator shall authorize the State to carry out such program instead of
the requirements of paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(C).</text>
</clause><clause id="H4E09E8BB851242F198AC16C99C47571B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Factors for
determining substantial equivalency</header><text>In carrying out a review of a
State notification program under clause (ii), the Administrator shall take into
account the scope of sewer overflows for which notification is required, the
length of time during which notification must be made, the scope of persons who
must be notified of sewer overflows, the scope of enforcement activities
ensuring that notifications of sewer overflows are made, and such other factors
as the Administrator considers appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46151EEB21744852B804FDE29FF7593A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review
period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a State submits
evidence with respect to a notification program under subparagraph (A)(i) on or
before the last day of the 30-day period beginning on the date of issuance of
regulations under paragraph (4), the requirements of paragraphs (1)(B) and
(1)(C) shall not begin to apply to a publicly owned treatment works located in
the State until the date on which the Administrator completes a review of the
notification program under subparagraph (A)(ii).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD339617771124C2EAC490A6B70B5F243"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Withdrawal of
authorization</header><text>If the Administrator, after conducting a public
hearing, determines that a State is not administering and enforcing a State
notification program authorized under subparagraph (A)(ii) in accordance with
the requirements of this paragraph, the Administrator shall so notify the State
and, if appropriate corrective action is not taken within a reasonable time,
not to exceed 90 days, the Administrator shall withdraw authorization of such
program and enforce the requirements of paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(C) with
respect to the State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBBF5DEDE033C4079B7B9DEE7607BC462"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Special rules
concerning application of notification requirements</header><text>After the
last day of the 30-day period beginning on the date of issuance of regulations
under paragraph (4), the requirements of paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(C)
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7E05D71F47D94CFBB79EC5B19147EA28"><enum>(A)</enum><text>apply to the owner
or operator of a publicly owned treatment works and be subject to enforcement
under section 309, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D77D8B29C904B35B12D6158AC2C8D28"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supersede any notification requirements
contained in a permit issued under this section for the treatment works to the
extent that the notification requirements are less stringent than the
notification requirements of paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(C),</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">until such
date as a permit is issued, renewed, or modified under this section for the
treatment works in accordance with paragraph (1).</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE7536BD8578C4E95B1DE1551A4649E4D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the following
definitions apply:</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F25103F872047559CDAA5BE6D243452"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Sanitary sewer
overflow</header><text>The term <term>sanitary sewer overflow</term> means an
overflow, spill, release, or diversion of wastewater from a sanitary sewer
system. Such term does not include municipal combined sewer overflows or other
discharges from the combined portion of a municipal combined storm and sanitary
sewer system and does not include wastewater backups into buildings caused by a
blockage or other malfunction of a building lateral that is privately owned.
Such term includes overflows or releases of wastewater that reach waters of the
United States, overflows or releases of wastewater in the United States that do
not reach waters of the United States, and wastewater backups into buildings
that are caused by blockages or flow conditions in a sanitary sewer other than
a building lateral.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC198C157AE5C4E32AC2F1D039D6D79BA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Sewer
overflow</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>sewer
overflow</term> means a sanitary sewer overflow or a municipal combined sewer
overflow.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD355532B1EC4B21AB6AD56A76B32DBC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Single-family
residence</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>single-family residence</term> means an individual dwelling unit,
including an apartment, condominium, house, or dormitory. Such term does not
include the common areas of a multi-dwelling
structure.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Great
Lakes Legacy Reauthorization</header>
<section id="H0A9EFAD67F654B1CA771D4DEE2AE00C6"><enum>5001.</enum><header>Remediation of
sediment contamination in areas of concern</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 118(c)(12)(H) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(12)(H)) is amended by striking clause
(i) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H8717E0ED4971410C9A26E1C5522A34D7" style="OLC">
<clause id="H29BD99360F6F46B586F9A3DC534A641F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In addition to other amounts authorized under this
section, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
paragraph—</text>
<subclause id="HC78925F37026494C991160E65D0662EA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for
each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2009; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H08081F72CDA440CBB5501548DE4FED48"><enum>(II)</enum><text>$150,000,000 for
each of the fiscal years 2010 through
2014.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H629E5AFECBB041E1B5A6D99E9499E53B"><enum>5002.</enum><header>Public
information program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
118(c)(13)(B) (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(13)(B)) is amended by striking
<quote>2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HC84986F69AF84D53A68508F89C6AECE1"><enum>5003.</enum><header>Contaminated
sediment remediation approaches, technologies, and techniques</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 106(b) of the Great Lakes Legacy Act
of 2002 (33 U.S.C. 1271a(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3E22111E9D1B48F8967BCC484A297D65" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8AA1460515DF425BA4BB81941653D5B5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In addition to amounts authorized under other laws, there
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H61CF789667DF47C6842AE3EF7F164907"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$3,000,000 for
each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2009; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F737FA20E004998AE36E12F02F9E9D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for
each of the fiscal years 2010 through
2014.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H3AC25924B9FE4144BB2C85225B95BE1E"><enum>5004.</enum><header>Great Lakes
water quality</header>
<subsection id="HEFB31E71F403403DA9F7B4C5116C9B81"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the
Government of Canada, shall conduct a study of the condition of wastewater
treatment facilities located in the United States and Canada that discharge
into the Great Lakes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAF3762766608470986E4D6C4B300332A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H6AF6BC8D2B234043B5F7FDC8D8FB5DBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine the
effect that such treatment facilities have on the water quality of the Great
Lakes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85E6D4B86D78448A9E6C8BEFD500C9DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop
recommendations—</text>
<subparagraph id="H94E00C4D28E94CC7AF17163753157592"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to improve water
quality monitoring by the operators of such treatment facilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H614F1389A50E42ADB62D2543D4A35C6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to establish a
protocol for improved notification and information sharing between the United
States and Canada; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H942631A04C1046ED9332445666157FA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to promote
cooperation between the United States and Canada to prevent the discharge of
untreated and undertreated wastewater into the Great Lakes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H75D3DD80A2664E02B0B0A542CE0D1E2B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
conducting the study, the Administrator shall consult with the International
Joint Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2F6CEBC5E29548E9BD48B12BA03B0FAD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study, together with
the recommendations developed under subsection (b)(2).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Pharmaceuticals
and personal care products</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF34F1AA8FA4B4C2493F512E2C15393F8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6001.</enum><header>Presence of
pharmaceuticals and personal care products in waters of the United
States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104 (33 U.S.C.
1254) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EFA2FC427604136A24725749B838133" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H79968319AB1D4EFE9BC86F28B98B1205"><enum>(w)</enum><header>Presence of
pharmaceuticals and personal care products in waters of the United
States</header>
<paragraph id="H40419B0CF1D04FFBBBE8786161A78CA4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, in consultation with
appropriate Federal agencies (including the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences), shall conduct a study on the presence of pharmaceuticals and
personal care products (in this subsection referred to as <quote>PPCPs</quote>)
in the waters of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H642206767378480F8FADFD183E67B722"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In
conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3DD8821ECA174BDDA6B3B59EF2AEE634"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify PPCPs
that have been detected in the waters of the United States and the levels at
which such PPCPs have been detected;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5321E5BE66C64F4ABB205498D50CF379"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify the
sources of PPCPs in the waters of the United States, including point sources
and nonpoint sources of PPCP contamination; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H512061E6DD1C44D9B2352647B2DBC379"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify methods
to control, limit, treat, or prevent PPCPs in the waters of the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC235401B902247D8A0AC6E6D40369D6B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 12 months after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a
report on the results of the study conducted under this subsection, including
the potential effects of PPCPs in the waters of the United States on human
health and aquatic wildlife.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H75A29F04937A42279C985B9C86E1B0D4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pharmaceuticals
and personal care products defined</header><text>In this subsection, the terms
<quote>pharmaceuticals and personal care products</quote> and
<quote>PPCPs</quote> mean products used by individuals for personal health or
cosmetic reasons or used to enhance growth or health of
livestock.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>VII</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="HD459C127290042A7B66E05EAB912C192"><enum>7001.</enum><header>Task force on
proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals</header>
<subsection id="HA884C95C6809488DAD1F442FF73C1CAB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In furtherance of the
national goals and policies set forth in section 101 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251), the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency (in this Act referred to as the <quote>Administrator</quote>)
shall convene a task force (in this Act referred to as the <quote>task
force</quote>) to develop—</text>
<paragraph id="H0CB346E020174744AE409F99FF3D1B24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recommendations on
the proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals by consumers, health care
providers, and others, which recommendations shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC5D210252394C62A58E2C7F21B6C45F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be calculated to prevent or reduce the
detrimental effects on the environment and human health caused by introducing
unused pharmaceuticals, directly or indirectly, into water systems; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB807FA5C45FA4622AE9D1BBFE27A6645"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for limiting the disposal of unused
pharmaceuticals through treatment works in accordance with the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C01999A46CE40A5A511D89B0DE8E244"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
strategy for the Federal Government to educate the public on such
recommendations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H68DFE0E7F35E4C569E5D06007DF165D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
task force shall be composed of—</text>
<paragraph id="H720042C0910645B38F273ADE33098105"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Administrator
(or the Administrator’s designee), who shall serve as the Chair of the task
force;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1E0ABADB1AF42AFA416901B80C73E3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Commissioner
of Food and Drugs (or the Commissioner’s designee); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7FB134794C044C7C936520D24800A710"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such other members
as the Administrator may appoint.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0E76171B78D54A22B20C5D9977264541"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the task force
shall submit a report to the Congress containing the recommendations and
strategy required by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA683D9C10FD64A59A47CF9D8EEAB3AC1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Staff of Federal
agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon request of the
task force, the head of any department or agency of the United States may
detail any of the personnel of that department or agency to the task force to
assist in carrying out its duties under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H611A623686754FDFBA6ADA5CE97B1BD8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
task force shall terminate 180 days after submitting the report required by
subsection (c).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>OMB
Study</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6128BDB967BB42ABB0A3B3DDEF788C09" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8001.</enum><header>Evaluation using
program assessment rating tool</header>
<subsection id="HEC692C8B9EBB4760BAFE554BBD6B1479"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall conduct a study to
evaluate the programs authorized by this Act, including the amendments made by
this Act, under the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) or a successor
performance assessment tool that is developed by the Office of Management and
Budget.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3AA9569D43AB4A32B69083AE90BDFFA6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Director shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the
study.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay
Accountability and Recovery</header>
<section id="H43243D8D28664017BB05CBE98A9585D4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9001.</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay
Crosscut Budget</header>
<subsection id="HBA23FDE61BD94549A54F9D4D7F66DFDC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Crosscut
Budget</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director, in
consultation with the Chesapeake Executive Council, the chief executive of each
Chesapeake Bay State, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, shall submit to
Congress a financial report containing—</text>
<paragraph id="HBF40EC2755C748CFA7A7B7001F1C7696"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an interagency
crosscut budget that displays—</text>
<subparagraph id="H72C308AF8CD5473D939B384BFD7CF846"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the proposed
funding for any Federal restoration activity to be carried out in the
succeeding fiscal year, including any planned interagency or intra-agency
transfer, for each of the Federal agencies that carry out restoration
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12581AD873484BB9B20D5AB191F8B682"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent that information is
available, the estimated funding for any State restoration activity to be
carried out in the succeeding fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1057E0ED466E436AB9B239479C231DD4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all expenditures for Federal restoration
activities from the preceding 3 fiscal years, the current fiscal year, and the
succeeding fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02AC00780AE2430D9DE403632EBD1268"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all expenditures, to the extent that
information is available, for State restoration activities during the
equivalent time period described in
<internal-xref idref="H1057E0ED466E436AB9B239479C231DD4" legis-path="2.(a)(1)(C)">subparagraph (C)</internal-xref>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H67A5CB1249894ED2ADB0CC27E64D3C8E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
detailed accounting of all funds received and obligated by all Federal agencies
for restoration activities during the current and preceding fiscal years,
including the identification of funds which were transferred to a Chesapeake
Bay State for restoration activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C5B08ADE85F41B6B3A644E9D6C54299"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to the extent that
information is available, a detailed accounting from each State of all funds
received and obligated from a Federal agency for restoration activities during
the current and preceding fiscal years; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3EC629E0A95D424ABE73F8B957244902"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a
description of each of the proposed Federal and State restoration activities to
be carried out in the succeeding fiscal year (corresponding to those activities
listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1)), including the—</text>
<subparagraph id="H28F7A2E2BA014793BB844A7B1A2ADB85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>project
description;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB899B0D635394FD49849AF5DE55BAE90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>current status of
the project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13A4AD44505D4836AD3B69FA35681F41"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal or State statutory or regulatory
authority, programs, or responsible agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H882BEF9CA9EB423486F334B91DEF29AA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>authorization
level for appropriations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64662FD34094466E9121C1BDDEAFA2AB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>project timeline,
including benchmarks;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC493E21925C94A82AAC59685BBB2D6AC"><enum>(F)</enum><text>references to
project documents;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42A02150A80E4DEEBC77DEA83CBB80EC"><enum>(G)</enum><text>descriptions of
risks and uncertainties of project implementation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC919569E6B574EBCAB15F0FF7C3D7F3F"><enum>(H)</enum><text>adaptive
management actions or framework;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5F88D511CD348329684B5A07A85B80C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>coordinating
entities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75F4E58034D9452A96F2B6D8D58E5EC8"><enum>(J)</enum><text>funding history;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D99CB12ADE046DE8A0A7D8E1C08F348"><enum>(K)</enum><text>cost-sharing;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4F465C40B494AB78CE7D6D245073E9D"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">alignment with existing Chesapeake Bay
Agreement and Chesapeake Executive Council goals and priorities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H62F1DEBE8ADB4F7D9757C2FC9135A249"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum funding
levels</header><text>The Director shall only describe restoration activities in
the report required under
<internal-xref idref="HBA23FDE61BD94549A54F9D4D7F66DFDC" legis-path="2.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> that—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE43D3CF62384741A5D2998322BCC580"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for Federal
restoration activities, have funding amounts greater than or equal to $100,000;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9F4F103284A49178F1D4E7BF4C33A18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for State
restoration activities, have funding amounts greater than or equal to
$50,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5BE087B67E0C4FEB84538026EF34C833"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall submit to Congress the
report required by
<internal-xref idref="HBA23FDE61BD94549A54F9D4D7F66DFDC" legis-path="2.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> not later than 30 days after
the submission by the President of the President’s annual budget to
Congress.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H84E1B81A1A924A1AA9BF80D16223AAEC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Copies
of the financial report required by
<internal-xref idref="HBA23FDE61BD94549A54F9D4D7F66DFDC" legis-path="2.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> shall be submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations, Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the
Committees on Appropriations, Environment and Public Works, and Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9DE476930E7147AC922A16DDFE529430"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
Date</header><text>This section shall apply beginning with the first fiscal
year after the date of enactment of this Act for which the President submits a
budget to Congress.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBA2477EC6F8C447E994AD06E30A59F97"><enum>9002.</enum><header>Adaptive
Management Plan</header>
<subsection id="HE45B7203462E42E49CA5BFA0B69537B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation
with other Federal and State agencies, shall develop an adaptive management
plan for restoration activities that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="H27E3FA2DBA2144E0990DB1BB6DE4B2C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">definition of specific and measurable
objectives to improve water quality;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD257ECC8035D4789AE660DDFB8C2A342"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a process for stakeholder
participation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3DB5FC2FAE114DB2ACF657B781919A82"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">monitoring, modeling, experimentation, and
other research and evaluation practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC214EDC5D1864096A21C00BE3F6F9CE7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a process for modification of restoration
activities that have not attained or will not attain the specific and
measurable objectives set forth under
<internal-xref idref="H27E3FA2DBA2144E0990DB1BB6DE4B2C1" legis-path="3.(a)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3147421B18A44A55A67D5CD66AED25BE"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a process for prioritizing restoration
activities and programs to which adaptive management shall be applied.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB22646F05647458F968FFD5560512950"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The
Administrator shall implement the adaptive management plan developed under
<internal-xref idref="HE45B7203462E42E49CA5BFA0B69537B0" legis-path="3.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB6C303E41748423EAB1677AE315E0BD3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The
Administrator shall update the adaptive management plan developed under
<internal-xref idref="HE45B7203462E42E49CA5BFA0B69537B0" legis-path="3.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> every 3 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4C69C6A12FB04285AE29FF486F32F13F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="H7A8595815321497EBB9DFDFA3785699A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the end of a fiscal year,
the Administrator shall transmit to Congress an annual report on the
implementation of the adaptive management plan required under this section for
such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15741D3EA85F4756B7FAEFFD8D9CAE2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report required under paragraph (1) shall contain information about the
application of adaptive management to restoration activities and programs,
including programmatic and project level changes implemented through the
process of adaptive management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74F1ED1F8CEF40D9828BD6B856D3F423"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall apply to the first fiscal year that
begins after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF1907B725BCD4E039B68834688148D85"><enum>9003.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the following definitions
apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HF90B0E20469D4F71A18CB474258275C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adaptive
Management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>adaptive management</quote> means a management technique in which
project and program decisions are made as part of an ongoing science-based
process. Adaptive management involves testing, monitoring, and evaluating
applied strategies and incorporating new knowledge into programs and
restoration activities that are based on scientific findings and the needs of
society. Results are used to modify management policy, strategies, practices,
programs, and restoration activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD9B3D2F9B8E46A6AE255CAA61339410"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The
term <quote>Administrator</quote> means the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17283EEE28244E1C88190212F5F93407"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay
State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>Chesapeake Bay State</quote> or <quote>State</quote> means the States of
Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, and New York, the Commonwealths of Virginia
and Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA7214EB9FFD4067BBAD2B4F7CD8ACFD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay
Watershed</header><text>The term <quote>Chesapeake Bay watershed</quote> means
the Chesapeake Bay and the geographic area, as determined by the Secretary of
the Interior, consisting of 36 tributary basins, within the Chesapeake Bay
States, through which precipitation drains into the Chesapeake Bay.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD94B1B7316A04AE6B1A2086274B5EFF4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Chief
Executive</header><text>The term <quote>chief executive</quote> means, in the
case of a State or Commonwealth, the Governor of each such State or
Commonwealth and, in the case of the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the
District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6B4B1AA630149D8B6B8F497B713BECA"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The
term <quote>Director</quote> means the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H521FB1C584F74872B785B0D6E67A2BA9"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Restoration
Activities</header><text>The term <quote>restoration activities</quote> means
any Federal or State programs or projects that directly or indirectly protect,
conserve, or restore water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including
programs or projects that promote responsible land use, stewardship, and
community engagement in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Restoration activities
may be categorized as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HC01A09FA659441B2B22F925B2075015D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Physical
restoration.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2CC5478333F4A20965C100C2992CBD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Planning.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26A11CE37E324944AC096C9EB631B020"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Feasibility
studies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6ABD5CCDEDB3463ABC1906A4CD371BCA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Scientific
research.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42C8753763024C568BD5B9F54F7F2F86"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Monitoring.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70E678C3F35542B48947FA4670396E94"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12445B2B80BF4210AB257AEBAA0D231F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Infrastructure
Development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section>
Passed the House of
Representatives March 12, 2009.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.