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\ A lJ T i v.a. g t tf- I H. R. 6465 114t2hd CSOesNsGioRnESS To apgurrtaohmgorsra,imzaesndtinhfteooriFnoecthdoereprraoplruaWrtpiooansteerso.Pf owlluatteiorn qCuoanlittryol iAmcptroNvPemDeEnSt ppearrmtnietrpshroip IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 7, 2016 Mr, Du nctaonthoef Tennessee Committee ionntroTdruacnesdpothrteatfioolnlowanindgInbiflrl;aswtnhiicehtnwreas referred A BILL To authorize the incorporation. of water quality improvement partnership programs into Federal Water Pollution Con trol Act NPDES permit programs, and for other pur poses. 1 Be it enacted try the Senate and House of M&presenta- 2 tines of the United States ofAmerica in Congress assembled 3 SECTION L WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT' PARTNER- 4 SHIPS, 5 (a) National .Pollutant Discharge E limt- 6 nation Sy ste m .---Section 402 of the. Federal Water Pot- 7 lution Control Act (33 IJ.S.O. 1342) is amended by adding 8 at the end the following; Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 7 ED 002061 00096072-00001 2 1 "(s) Water Quality Improvement Partner- 2 SHIPS,--A permit program administered under this sec- 3 tion may incorporate a, water quality improvement part- 4 nership program that, consistent with the requirements of 5 this Act, encourages investment by publicly owned treat- 6 ment works and municipal separate storm sewer systems 7 in watershed-based projects to improve water quality,". 8 (b) Water Quality Standards and Implementa- 9 tion Plans.--Section 303 of the Federal Water Pollution 10 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313) is amended by adding at 11 the end the following: 12 "(j) W a t e r s h e d -B a s e d R e st o r a t io n W o r k .-- 13 Water quality improvement partnerships established pur- 14 suant to section 402(s) may be used by publicly owned 15 treatment works and municipal separate storm sewer sys- 16 terns to attain and maintain water quality standards, con- 17 sistent with the requirements of this Act.". O HR 6465 IH Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 7 ED 002061 00096072-00002