Water Quality Standards Attainability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3934 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3934

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require States to 
hold public hearings to review water quality standards applicable to a 
body of water into which a municipal combined storm and sanitary sewer 
                  discharges, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2025

  Mr. Shreve introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require States to 
hold public hearings to review water quality standards applicable to a 
body of water into which a municipal combined storm and sanitary sewer 
                  discharges, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Water Quality Standards 
Attainability Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS REVIEW 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    The Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended--
            (1) in section 303(c) (33 U.S.C. 1313(c))--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``The Governor of a State'' 
                        and inserting ``(A)The Governor of a State''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking ``Results of such review 
                        shall be made available to the Administrator.'' 
                        and inserting the following:
    ``(B) Reviews under this paragraph shall include review of any 
water quality standard applicable to a body of water into which, 
pursuant to a permit, order, or decree issued pursuant to this Act, a 
municipal combined storm and sanitary sewer discharges, including 
review for purposes of ensuring that combined sewer overflow controls 
are cost effective.
    ``(C) Results of each review under this paragraph shall be made 
available to the Administrator.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                            (i) by inserting ``(i)'' before ``their use 
                        and value for public water supplies'';
                            (ii) by striking ``, and also taking into 
                        consideration'' and inserting ``; (ii)''; and
                            (iii) by inserting before the period at the 
                        end the following: ``; and (iii) the cost and 
                        commercial availability of treatment 
                        technologies that may be required to be applied 
                        to point sources in order to result in 
                        compliance with such standards''.
            (2) in section 304(a) (33 U.S.C. 1314(a)), by adding at the 
        end the following new paragraph:
            ``(10) Consideration of treatment technologies.--In 
        developing or revising water quality criteria under this 
        subsection, the Administrator shall take into consideration the 
        cost and commercial availability of treatment technologies that 
        may be required to be applied to point sources in order to 
        result in compliance with water quality standards adopted or 
        promulgated under section 303.''.
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