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Amendment to the Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Offered by Mr, Cole of Oklahoma On page 57 o f the Report, after the paragraph titled "Use Attainability Analysis" insert the following new paragraph: Water Quality C e rtific a tio n The Committee encourages tire Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize guidance on the implementation of Clean Water Act Section 401 (33 U.S.C, 1341), Such guidance shall reinforce that the statutory time period for review does not exceed one year, that the scope of review is limited to Federal water quality' standards, and that waiver of the certification obligation occurs when a State fal ls to act within one year from the date o f application, The guidance shall also include a suggested schedule for a State making a Section 401 decision, which recognizes that the entirety' o f the State's review must occur within one year. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 3/4 ED 002061 00259339-00001