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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2952

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for a Great

Lakes pollution prevention demonstration program.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 6, 1993

Mr. KAPTUR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Public Works and Transportation

A BILL

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for a Great Lakes pollution prevention demonstration program.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. GREAT LAKES POLLUTION PREVENTION.

4 Section 118 of the Federal Water Pollution Control

5 Act (33 U.S.C. 1268) is amended—

6 (1) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and

7 (h) as subsections (g), (h), and (i) respectively; and

8 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the follow9 ing:
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1 ‘‘(f) POLLUTION PREVENTION DEMONSTRATION

2 PROGRAM.—

3 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator, in

4 coordination with the Director of the National Insti5 tute of Standards and Technology and appropriate

6 officials of the Great Lakes States, shall establish a

7 multimedia Great Lakes pollution prevention dem8 onstration program to increase the use of moderniz9 ing industrial source reduction practices (as defined

10 in section 6603(5) of the Pollution Prevention Act of

11 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13102(5)) through demonstrations

12 in the Great Lakes region.

13 ‘‘(2) REGISTRY OF TECHNOLOGIES.—The Ad14 ministrator, in consultation with the appropriate of15 ficials of State technical assistance offices and the

16 Director of the National Institute of Standards and

17 Technology, shall maintain a registry of modernizing

18 toxic use and waste reduction technologies requiring

19 demonstration.

20 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION.—Any person with a per21 mit to discharge into waters of the Great Lakes sys22 tem under section 402 may participate in the dem23 onstration program through—
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1 ‘‘(A) the institution of a source reduction

2 practice from the registry developed under

3 paragraph (2); or

4 ‘‘(B) the institution of any other innovative

5 source reduction practice that the Adminis6 trator determines—

7 ‘‘(i) has the potential to significantly

8 reduce pollutant discharges to water and

9 other environmental media without signifi10 cantly increasing pollutant discharges to

11 any environmental medium; and

12 ‘‘(ii) should be demonstrated.

13 ‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS.—Any participant in the

14 demonstration program—

15 ‘‘(A) shall be exempt from the requirement

16 under section 308 to pay a fee for the develop17 ment of revised effluent guidelines; and

18 ‘‘(B) may be granted an additional year to

19 comply with any new or revised effluent stand20 ards issued under this Act if, in the judgment

21 of the Administrator, the extension is necessary

22 and appropriate.

23 ‘‘(5) POLLUTION PREVENTION EXTENSION

24 SERVICE.—The Administrator, in cooperation with

25 the Director of the National Institute of Standards
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1 and Technology and appropriate officials of State

2 technical assistance offices, shall establish a pollu3 tion prevention extension service to provide an active

4 outreach effort to advise, inform, and encourage pol5 lution prevention by industrial discharges to the

6 Great Lakes System.

7 ‘‘(6) POLLUTION PREVENTION CLEARING8 HOUSE.—

9 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Adminis10 trator shall establish a Great Lakes pollution

11 prevention clearinghouse.

12 ‘‘(B) USE.—The clearinghouse shall utilize

13 the results of—

14 ‘‘(i) research from the Environmental

15 Protection Agency Risk Reduction Engi16 neering Laboratory; and

17 ‘‘(ii) demonstrations conducted pursu18 ant to this subsection;

19 to provide information to municipal and indus20 trial dischargers and sources of nonpoint pollu21 tion within the Great Lakes region on source

22 reduction methods, measures, techniques, and

23 technologies.

24 ‘‘(C) COOPERATION WITH CANADA.—The

25 Administrator shall, to the maximum extent
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1 practicable, cooperate with appropriate officials

2 of the Government of Canada with respect to

3 the collection and dissemination of information

4 pursuant to this section.

5 ‘‘(7) POLLUTION PREVENTION FOR CITIES PRO6 GRAM.—

7 ‘‘(A) APPLICATION FOR TECHNICAL AS8 SISTANCE.— A municipality located within the

9 Great Lakes basin boundaries may apply for

10 technical and financial assistance from the Ad11 ministrator to implement source reduction of

12 toxic pollutants in urban runoff, wastewater,

13 and stormwater.

14 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for as15 sistance under this paragraph, a municipality

16 shall apply to the Administrator with a state17 ment—

18 ‘‘(i) stating pollutant reduction goals;

19 and

20 ‘‘(ii) documenting stakeholder interest

21 in implementing voluntary pollutant reduc22 tion measures.

23 ‘‘(C) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator

24 shall, for each municipality with an approved

25 application statement—
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1 ‘‘(i) provide technical assistance in the

2 development of a municipal source reduc3 tion action plan; and

4 ‘‘(ii) authorize the expenditure of

5 State revolving fund moneys pursuant to

6 title VI for the implementation of an ap7 proved source reduction plan.’’.

8 SEC. 2. FUNDING FROM STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUND

9 PROGRAM.

10 Sections 601(a) and 603(c) of the Federal Water Pol11 lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381(a) and 1383(c)) are

12 each amended—

13 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (2);

14 (2) by inserting before the period at the end of

15 the first sentence the following: ‘‘, and (4) for carry16 ing out the activities related to the Great Lakes de17 scribed in section 118(f), including implementing a

18 source reduction action plan that has been approved

19 by the Administrator pursuant to section 118(f)(7)’’.

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