1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Water Quality Investment Act of
2009
.
(b)
1. Short title; table of contents.
2. Amendment of
Federal Water Pollution Control
Act.
Title I—Water Quality Financing
Subtitle A—Technical and Management
Assistance
1101. Technical assistance.
1102. State management assistance.
1103. Watershed pilot projects.
Subtitle B—Construction of Treatment
Works
1201. Sewage collection systems.
1202. Treatment works defined.
Subtitle C—State Water Pollution Control
Revolving Funds
1301. General authority for capitalization
grants.
1302. Capitalization grant
agreements.
1303. Water pollution control revolving loan
funds.
1304. Allotment of funds.
1305. Intended use plan.
1306. Annual reports.
1307. Technical assistance; requirements for
use of American materials.
1308. Authorization of
appropriations.
Subtitle D—General Provisions
1401. Definition of treatment
works.
1402. Funding for Indian programs.
Subtitle E—Tonnage Duties
1501. Tonnage duties.
Title II—Alternative Water Source
Projects
2001. Pilot program for alternative water
source projects.
Title III—Sewer Overflow Control
Grants
3001. Sewer overflow control
grants.
Title IV—Monitoring, Reporting, and Public
Notification of Sewer Overflows
4001. Monitoring, reporting, and public
notification of sewer overflows.
Title V—Great Lakes Legacy
Reauthorization
5001. Remediation of sediment contamination in
areas of concern.
5002. Public information program.
5003. Contaminated sediment remediation
approaches, technologies, and techniques.
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>
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<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 for the purpose of assisting, in consultation with the
State in which the assistance is provided, such municipalities 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 and small 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 and small 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>
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<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 id="HF590D56924CD409A9BC8BBC3151CFB24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
paragraph (1) by striking <quote>wet weather discharge</quote>;</text>
</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</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7B15848C96B4585AD7AEF1E977BF17B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<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><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD49640EF33734C6783F097DAB02167B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>Section 122(c)(1) is amended by striking
<quote>for fiscal year 2004</quote> and inserting <quote>for each of fiscal
years 2004 through 2014</quote>.</text>
</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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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 10 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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HEE3B6B2A6F9F44D1AF8DC4A11B82CD5B" reported-display-style="italic" 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; and</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.</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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HFADBB593D4044A19B8AAE12A99038C2D" reported-display-style="italic" 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; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9D2CD9948C4241928ECEE7E81E102927"><enum>(iii)</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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H05D16F12D86D495F85E44F317B0F8729" reported-display-style="italic" 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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H65CE37DA954346CE8272E39A422CA02E" reported-display-style="italic" 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>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.</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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HE46EEAE86F9A4393A791576718EFE509" reported-display-style="italic" 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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HD8398C52C506411797F654876679C376" reported-display-style="italic" 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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HEA5F81A80DD247A5939D2348AE851D47" reported-display-style="italic" 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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HC5557928A6B24282A81B249AAEF46676" reported-display-style="italic" 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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HF114EEBC99AB4A639B329D2C44C2F952" reported-display-style="italic" 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 id="HD4B31F7D467D4982A6D04945BD758C94"><enum>1306.</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 606(d) (33
U.S.C. 1386(d)) is amended by inserting <quote>the eligible purpose under
section 603(c) for which the assistance is provided,</quote> after <quote>loan
amounts,</quote>.</text>
</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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H8D86116FBFF2416B81F38F43FEDFF193" reported-display-style="italic" 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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H2648C0367EAF4DAAAD9EF82D4D83EAC7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE242EAE183304289B9951E97EFE977E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$2,400,000,000 for fiscal
year 2010;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E28085CF87E4123830035C5A8A5AAA4"><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><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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HA7E9642AA41C44EC878785026D3DDFC9" reported-display-style="italic" 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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HACB9349D89544639A230B98782DA081A" reported-display-style="italic" 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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H68640805AB414456970842142F4D6FD4" reported-display-style="italic" 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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H58F856EAF74748FBBDBAF30256209D11" reported-display-style="italic" 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="H940B0CE307454570AF6D4CE0DDBBD8F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Liability in
rem</header><text>Chapter 603 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H0A1DA943A6A447D6B06DCDFDEDE8FB0B"><enum>60313.</enum><header>Liability in rem for
costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A vessel is liable in
rem for any amount due under this chapter for that vessel and may be proceeded
against for that liability in the United States district court for any district
in which the vessel may be
found.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE96AE00B7142473291410EF74200B7AE"><enum>(c)</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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDBDBE953C8548D9AB1959D009F68E92" reported-display-style="italic" 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>(d)</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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9E852B6D89E473E8D7E5B4CD7C585B4" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDDA07F7D372D4AFDBD9DD54FC4DB5AD2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0A3FC840425434C8ADDBB11FC7A9810"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the item
relating to section 60304 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAB07692192A4F859CEAC5C7C5E99611" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<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><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">and</continuation-text><subparagraph id="HA806D2804EA2480C9E6D83FEBC9D0885"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9E2791471964A7094D4151568FF7B41" reported-display-style="italic" style="USC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">60313. Liability in rem for
costs.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></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 id="H56F37BA46A7549C28697EF2989B14611"><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" changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HD12E2DB3CCDE487088B578CDC2D239D1" reported-display-style="italic" 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 id="H52850FD0D7894789B40303AC1B281F09"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>The first sentence of section 221(f) (33 U.S.C.
1301(f)) is amended by striking <quote>this section $750,000,000</quote> and
all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>this
section $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2011,
$350,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2013, and
$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.</quote>.</text>
</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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HD9427C69079E40E4B9CDC37D180475A3" reported-display-style="italic" 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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="HC4B71CA4EF5C4FB6A7EC5918D73F36C9" reported-display-style="italic" 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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H8717E0ED4971410C9A26E1C5522A34D7" reported-display-style="italic" 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 changed="added" committee-id="HPW00" id="H3E22111E9D1B48F8967BCC484A297D65" reported-display-style="italic" 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>
March 9, 2009
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of
the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be
printed