[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5670 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5670

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
make grants for the improvement of storm water retention basins in the 
        watersheds of estuaries in the National Estuary Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 2010

   Mr. Adler of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
make grants for the improvement of storm water retention basins in the 
        watersheds of estuaries in the National Estuary Program.

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

SECTION 1. STORM WATER RETENTION BASIN IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.

    (a) Authorization.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall make grants on a competitive basis to eligible 
entities for improvement of the pollution control capabilities of storm 
water retention basins identified by the Administrator under subsection 
(b).
    (b) Identification of Basins by Administrator.--The Administrator 
shall conduct an evaluation of each storm water retention basin located 
in the watershed of an estuary for which a comprehensive conservation 
and management plan is in effect under section 320 of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330) to identify basins whose 
pollution control capabilities are in need of improvement in order to 
attain or maintain in such estuary the water quality described in 
subsection (a)(2)(A) of such section.
    (c) Eligibility.--The Administrator may only make a grant under 
subsection (a) to an eligible entity that submits an application at 
such time, in such form, and including such information and assurances 
as the Administrator may require, including--
            (1) a detailed description of the storm water retention 
        basin improvements for which the entity will use grant funds; 
        and
            (2) scientific evidence in support of the need for such 
        improvements, which may include the evidence that formed the 
        basis of the Administrator's identification under subsection 
        (b) of the basin involved.
    (d) Priority.--In making grants under subsection (a), the 
Administrator shall give priority to grant proposals--
            (1) by eligible entities to improve storm water retention 
        basins whose pollution control capabilities are the most 
        deficient and the improvement of which will result in the 
        greatest increase in water quality in the estuary involved; and
            (2) by eligible entities to improve storm water retention 
        basins for which, prior to the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, an evaluation of pollution control capabilities has been 
        conducted as part of the implementation of a comprehensive 
        conservation and management plan under section 320 of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330).
    (e) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity receiving a grant under 
subsection (a) shall use grant funds to carry out--
            (1) the storm water retention basin improvements the entity 
        described in its grant application, as required by subsection 
        (c)(1); and
            (2) the monitoring and reporting requirements of subsection 
        (f)(1).
    (f) Monitoring, Reporting, and Evaluation.--
            (1) By eligible entities.--An eligible entity receiving a 
        grant under subsection (a) shall conduct such monitoring 
        activities as the Administrator considers necessary to 
        determine if the storm water retention basin improvements for 
        which the entity is using grant funds are increasing the 
        basin's pollution control capabilities. At such times as the 
        Administrator may require, the eligible entity shall submit to 
        the Administrator reports of the data gathered by the 
        monitoring activities.
            (2) By administrator.--The Administrator shall analyze the 
        data submitted by eligible entities under paragraph (1) and 
        conduct such additional monitoring and evaluation of the storm 
        water basin improvements carried out through grants under 
        subsection (a) as the Administrator considers necessary to 
        determine the most effective methods of improving storm water 
        basins to increase water quality in estuaries for which 
        comprehensive conservation and management plans are in effect 
        under section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
        (33 U.S.C. 1330).
    (g) Matching Requirement.--The Administrator may not make a grant 
to an eligible entity under subsection (a) unless the eligible entity 
agrees that, with respect to the costs to be incurred by the eligible 
entity in carrying out the activities for which the grant is awarded, 
the eligible entity will make available non-Federal contributions in an 
amount equal to not less than 20 percent of the Federal funds provided 
under the grant.
    (h) Eligible Entity Defined.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a 
State or a political subdivision of a State that has jurisdiction over 
all or part of a storm water retention basin identified by the 
Administrator under subsection (b), regardless of whether such basin is 
publicly or privately owned.
    (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2011 through 2015.
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