HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

681

1995 T64.9

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bishop

Bliley

Blute

Boehner

Bonilla

Brewster

Browder

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chapman

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clement

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Coleman

Combest

Condit

Cooley

Costello

Cox

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

de la Garza

DeLay

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dooley

Doolittle

Dornan

Doyle

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Edwards

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Fowler

Fox

Frank (MA)

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Geren

Gillmor

Gonzalez

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Graham

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hilliard

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kasich

Kelly

Kim

King

Kingston

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Livingston

LoBiondo

Longley

Lucas

Manzullo

Martini

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

Meehan

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Molinari

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moorhead

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Ortiz

Orton

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Rohrabacher

Rose

Roth

Roukema

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shuster

Sisisky

Skeen

Skelton

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thornberry

Thornton

Tiahrt

Traficant

Upton

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Wicker

Wolf

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

NOT VOTING—17

Baldacci

Bono

Brown (FL)

Collins (GA)

Collins (IL)

Hall (OH)

McNulty

Metcalf

Moakley

Murtha

Peterson (FL)

Rangel

Rogers

Smith (MI)

Torkildsen

Towns

Whitfield

So the amendment was not agreed to.

After some further time,

T64.9 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mr. PALLONE:

Page 72, strike line 20 and all that follows

through line 18 on page 73 and insert the following:

(b) BEACHES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT,

CLOSURE, AND HEALTH.—

(1) WATER QUALITY CRITERIA AND STANDARDS.—

(A) ISSUANCE OF CRITERIA.—Section 304(a)

(33 U.S.C. 1314(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(13) COASTAL RECREATION WATERS.—(A)

The Administrator, after consultation with

appropriate Federal and State agencies and

other interested persons, shall issue within

18 months after the effective date of this

paragraph (and review and revise from time

to time thereafter) water quality criteria for

pathogens in coastal recreation waters. Such

criteria shall—

‘‘(i) be based on the best available scientific information;

‘‘(ii) be sufficient to protect public health

and safety in case of any reasonably anticipated exposure to pollutants as a result of

swimming, bathing, or other body contact

activities; and

‘‘(iii) include specific numeric criteria calculated to reflect public health risks from

short-term increases in pathogens in coastal

recreation waters resulting from rainfall,

malfunctions of wastewater treatment

works, and other causes.

‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the

term ‘coastal recreation waters’ means

Great Lakes and marine coastal waters commonly used by the public for swimming,

bathing, or other similar primary contact

purposes.’’.

(B) STANDARDS.—

(i) ADOPTION BY STATES.—A State shall

adopt water quality standards for coastal

recreation waters which, at a minimum, are

consistent with the criteria published by the

Administrator under section 304(a)(13) of the

Federal Water Pollution Control Act not

later than 3 years following the date of such

publication. Such water quality standards

shall be developed in accordance with the requirements of section 303(c) of the Federal

Water Pollution Control Act. A State shall

incorporate such standards into all appropriate programs into which such State would

incorporate water quality standards adopted

under section 303(c) of the Federal Water

Pollution Control Act.

(ii) FAILURE OF STATES TO ADOPT.—If a

State has not complied with subparagraph

(A) by the last day of the 3-year period beginning on the date of publication of criteria

under section 304(a)(13) of the Federal Water

Pollution Control Act, the Administrator

shall promulgate water quality standards for

coastal recreation waters for the State under

applicable provisions of section 303 of the

Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The

water quality standards for coastal recreation waters shall be consistent with the criteria published by the Administrator under

such section 304(a)(13). The State shall use

the standards issued by the Administrator in

implementing all programs for which water

quality standards for coastal recreation waters are used.

(2) COASTAL BEACH WATER QUALITY MONITORING.—Title IV (33 U.S.C. 1341–1345) is

amended by adding at the end thereof the

following new section:

‘‘SEC. 406. COASTAL BEACH WATER QUALITY

MONITORING.

‘‘(a) MONITORING.—Not later than 9 months

after the date on which the Administrator

publishes revised water quality criteria for

coastal recreation waters under section

304(a)(13), the Administrator shall publish

regulations specifying methods to be used by

States to monitor coastal recreation waters,

during periods of use by the public, for compliance with applicable water quality standards for those waters and protection of the

public safety. Monitoring requirements established pursuant to this subsection shall,

at a minimum—

‘‘(1) specify the frequency of monitoring

based on the periods of recreational use of

such waters;

‘‘(2) specify the frequency of monitoring

based on the extent and degree of use during

such periods;

‘‘(3) specify the frequency of monitoring

based on the proximity of coastal recreation

waters to pollution sources;

‘‘(4) specify methods for detecting shortterm increases in pathogens in coastal recreation waters;

‘’(5) specify the conditions and procedures

under which discrete areas of coastal recreation waters may be exempted by the Administrator from the monitoring requirements of this subsection, if the Administrator determines that an exemption will not

impair—

‘‘(A) compliance with the applicable water

quality standards for those waters; and

‘‘(B) protection of the public safety; and

‘‘(6) require, if the State has an approved

coastal zone management program under

section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management

Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1455), that each coastal

zone management agency of the State provide technical assistance to local governments within the State for ensuring that

coastal recreation waters and beaches are as

free as possible from floatable materials.

‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Regulations published pursuant to subsection (a)

shall require States to notify local governments and the public of violations of applicable water quality standards for State coastal

recreation waters. Notification pursuant to

this subsection shall include, at a

minimum—

‘‘(1) prompt communication of the occurrence, nature, and extent of such a violation,

to a designated official of a local government

having jurisdiction over land adjoining the

coastal recreation waters for which a violation is identified; and

‘‘(2) posting of signs, for the period during

which the violation continues, sufficient to

give notice to the public of a violation of an

applicable water quality standard for such

waters and the potential risks associated

with body contact recreation in such waters.

‘‘(c) FLOATABLE MATERIALS MONITORING

PROCEDURES.—The Administrator shall—

‘‘(1) issue guidance on uniform assessment

and monitoring procedures for floatable materials in coastal recreation waters; and

‘‘(2) specify the conditions under which the

presence of floatable material shall constitute a threat to public health and safety.

‘‘(d) DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY.—A

State may delegate responsibility for monitoring and posting of coastal recreation waters pursuant to this section to local government authorities.

‘‘(e) REVIEW AND REVISION OF REGULATIONS.—The Administrator shall review and

revise regulations published pursuant to this

section periodically.

‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this

section—

‘‘(1) the term ‘coastal recreation waters’

means Great Lakes and marine coastal waters commonly used by the public for swimming, bathing, or other similar body contact

purposes; and

‘‘(2) the term ‘floatable materials’ means

any matter that may float or remain suspended in the water column and includes

plastic, aluminum cans, wood, bottles, and

paper products.’’.

(3) STUDY TO IDENTIFY INDICATORS OF

HUMAN-SPECIFIC PATHOENS IN COASTAL RECREATION WATERS.—
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(A) STUDY.—The Administrator, in co-operation with the Under Secretary of Commerce

for Oceans and Atmosphere, shall conduct an

ongoing study to provide additional information to the current base of knowledge for use

for developing better indicators for directly

detecting in coastal recreation waters the

presence of bacteria and viruses which are

harmful to human health.

(B) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after

the date of the enactment of this Act, and

periodically thereafter, the Administrator

shall submit to the Congress a report describing the findings of the study under this

paragraph, including—

(i) recommendations concerning the need

for additional numerical limits or conditions

and other actions needed to improve the

quality of coastal recreation waters;

(ii) a description of the amounts and types

of floatable materials in coastal waters and

on coastal beaches and of recent trends in

the amounts and types of such floatable materials; and

(iii) an evaluation of State efforts to implement this section, including the amendments made by this section.

(4) GRANTS TO STATES.—

(1) GRANTS.—The Administrator may make

grants to States for use in fulfilling requirements established pursuant to paragraphs (1)

and (2) (including any amendments made by

such paragraphs).

(B) COST SHARING.—The total amount of

grants to a State under this paragraph for a

fiscal year shall not exceed 50 percent of the

cost to the State of implementing requirements established pursuant to such paragraphs.

(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection—

(A) the term ‘‘coastal recreation waters’’

means Great Lakes and marine coastal waters commonly used by the public for swimming, bathing, or other similar body contact

purposes; and

(B) the term ‘‘floatable materials’’ means

any matter that may float or remain suspended in the water column and includes

plastic, aluminum cans, wood, bottles, and

paper products.

(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

There is authorized to be appropriated to the

Administrator—

(A) for use in making grants to States

under paragraph (4) not more than $3,000,000

for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997; and

(B) for carrying out the other provisions of

this subsection not more than $1,000,000 for

each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997.

Page 204, line 14, strike ‘‘406’’ and insert

‘‘407’’.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 175 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 251

T64.10 [Roll No. 317]

AYES—175

Ackerman

Andrews

Baldacci

Barcia

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Boehlert

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Cardin

Castle

Clay

Clayton

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

Davis

de la Garza

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Doyle

Durbin

Engel

English

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Forbes

Ford

Fox

Frank (MA)

Frelinghuysen

Frost

Furse

Gejdenson

Gephardt

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gilman

Gonzalez

Gordon

Green

Greenwood

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hefner

Hinchey

Holden

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jefferson

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnston

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Klink

LaFalce

Lantos

Lazio

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lipinski

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martinez

Mascara

Matsui

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Meyers

Mfume

Mineta

Moran

Morella

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Pelosi

Pomeroy

Poshard

Rahall

Rangel

Reed

Reynolds

Richardson

Rivers

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Saxton

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Shays

Skaggs

Slaughter

Smith (NJ)

Spratt

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Thompson

Thornton

Torkildsen

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Tucker

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Weldon (PA)

Williams

Wilson

Wise

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

Zimmer

NOES—251

Abercrombie

Allard

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Barrett (WI)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bishop

Bliley

Blute

Boehner

Bonilla

Brewster

Browder

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Chabot

Chambliss

Chapman

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clement

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Condit

Cooley

Cox

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Deal

DeLay

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dooley

Doolittle

Dornan

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Edwards

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Fowler

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frisa

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Geren

Gillmor

Goodlatte

Goodling

Goss

Graham

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hilliard

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jacobs

Johnson (CT)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kasich

Kelly

Kim

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Linder

Livingston

Longley

Lucas

Manzullo

Martini

McCarthy

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

Metcalf

Mica

Miller (FL)

Minge

Mink

Molinari

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moorhead

Murtha

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Nussle

Ortiz

Orton

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Porter

Portman

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Roemer

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roth

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shuster

Sisisky

Skeen

Skelton

Smith (MI)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thornberry

Thurman

Tiahrt

Traficant

Upton

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wolf

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

NOT VOTING—8

Bono

Collins (IL)

Laughlin

Miller (CA)

Moakley

Norwood

Peterson (FL)

Rogers

So the amendment was not agreed to.

After some further time,

T64.11 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mr. MINETA:

Page 170, line 19, strike ‘‘issuing’’.

Page 170, line 20, before ‘‘any’’ insert

‘‘issuing’’.

Page 170, line 24, strike ‘‘or’’.

Page 171, line 1, before ‘‘any’’ insert

‘‘issuing’’.

Page 171, line 3 strike the period and insert

a semicolon.

Page 171, after line 3, insert the following:

‘‘(3) granting under section 301(g) a modification of the requirements of section

301(b)(2)(A);

‘‘(4) issuing a permit under section 402

which under section 301(p)(5) modifies the requirements of section 301, 302, 306, or 307;

‘‘(5) extending under section 301(k) a deadline for a point source to comply with any

limitation under section 301(b)(1)(A),

301(b)(2)(A), or 301(b)(2)(E) or otherwise modifying under section 301(k) the conditions of a

permit under section 402;

‘‘(6) issuing a permit under section 402

which modifies under section 301(q) the requirements of section 301(b), 306, or 307;

‘‘(7) issuing a permit under section 402

which modifies under section 301(r) the requirements of section 301(b), 306, or 307;

‘‘(8) renewing, reissuing, or modifying a

permit to which section 401(o)(1) applies if

the permittee has received a permit modification under section 301(q) or 301(r) or the

exception under section 402(o)(2)(F) applies;

‘‘(9) extending under section 307(e) the

deadline for compliance with applicable national categorical pretreatment standards or

otherwise modifying under section 307(e)

pretreatment requirements of section 307(b);

‘‘(10) waiving or modifying under section

307(f) pretreatment requirements of section

307(b);

‘‘(11) allowing under section 307(g) any person that introduces silver into a publicly

owned treatment works to comply with a

code of management practices in lieu of complying with any pretreatment requirement

for silver;

‘‘(12) establishing under section 316(b)(3) a

standard other than best technology available for existing point sources;

‘‘(13) approving a pollutant transfer pilot

project under section 321(g)(1); or

‘‘(14) issuing a permit pursuant to section

402(r)(1) with a limitation that does not meet

applicable water quality standards.