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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4007 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and direct the Secretary 

of the Interior to conduct a study with respect to stormwater runoff 

from oil and gas operations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 25, 2019 

Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. BEYER, 

Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, 

Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. LANGEVIN, 

Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 

MALONEY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MENG, 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 

RASKIN, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SERRANO, 

Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WELCH, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. QUIGLEY, 

Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. OMAR, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. DESAULNIER, 

Mr. MORELLE, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and 

direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 

with respect to stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations, and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Focused Reduction of 

3 Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking 

4 Environmental Regulation Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘FRESH5 ER Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM OIL, GAS, AND MIN7 ING OPERATIONS. 

8 (a) LIMITATION ON PERMIT REQUIREMENT.—Sec9 tion 402(l) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

10 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and 

11 redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 

12 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 502 of the Federal Water 

13 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking paragraph (24); and 

15 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (25) through 

16 (27) as paragraphs (24) through (26), respectively. 

17 (c) STUDY.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte19 rior shall conduct a study of stormwater impacts 

20 with respect to any area that the Secretary deter21 mines may be contaminated by stormwater runoff 

22 associated with oil or gas operations, which shall in23 clude— 

24 (A) an analysis of measurable contamina25 tion in such area; 


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1 (B) an analysis of ground water resources 

2 in such area; and 

3 (C) an analysis of the susceptibility of 

4 aquifers in such area to contamination from 

5 stormwater runoff associated with such oper6 ations. 

7 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

8 date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 

9 submit to Congress a report on the results of studies 

10 conducted under paragraph (1). 

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