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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3639

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 13, 1996

Mr. BLUTE (for himself and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and

Infrastructure

A BILL

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

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

3 SECTION 1. GRANTS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT.

4 (a) COASTAL LOCALITIES.—The Administrator shall

5 make grants under title II of the Federal Water Pollution

6 Control Act to appropriate instrumentalities for the pur7 pose of construction of treatment works (including com8 bined sewer overflow facilities) to serve coastal localities.

9 (b) FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding section

10 202(a)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the

11 Federal share of grants under subsection (a) shall be 80
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1 percent of the cost of construction, and the non-Federal

2 share shall be 20 percent of the cost of construction.

3 (c) SMALL COMMUNITIES.—The Administrator shall

4 make grants to States for the purpose of providing assist5 ance for the construction of treatment works and alter6 native wastewater treatment systems to serve small com7 munities as defined by the State; except that the term

8 ‘‘small communities’’ may not include any locality with a

9 population greater than 75,000. Funds made available to

10 carry out this subsection shall be allotted by the Adminis11 trator to the States in accordance with the allotment for12 mula contained in section 604(a) of the Federal Water

13 Pollution Control Act.

14 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

15 authorized to be appropriated for making grants under

16 this section $300,000,000 for fiscal year 1996. Such sums

17 shall remain available until expended and shall be equally

18 divided between subsections (a) and (c) of this section.

19 Such authorization of appropriation shall take effect only

20 if the total amount appropriated for fiscal year 1996 to

21 carry out title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control

22 Act is at least $2,250,000,000.
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1 SEC. 2. TREATMENT WORKS DEFINED.

2 (a) INCLUSION OF OTHER LANDS.—Section

3 212(2)(A) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33

4 U.S.C. 1292(2)(A)) is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘any works, including site’’;

6 (2) by striking ‘‘is used for ultimate’’ and in7 serting ‘‘will be used for ultimate’’; and

8 (3) by inserting before the period at the end the

9 following: ‘‘and acquisition of other lands, and inter10 ests in lands, which are necessary for construction’’.

11 (b) POLICY ON COST EFFECTIVENESS.—Section

12 218(a) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1298(a)) is amended by

13 striking ‘‘combination of devices and systems’’ and all that

14 follows through ‘‘from such treatment;’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘treatment works;’’.

16 SEC. 3. COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS.

17 Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control

18 Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by adding at the end

19 the following:

20 ‘‘(q) COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS.—

21 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT FOR PERMITS.—Each per22 mit issued pursuant to this section for a discharge

23 from a combined storm and sanitary sewer shall con24 form with the combined sewer overflow control policy

25 signed by the Administrator on April 11, 1994.

26 ‘‘(2) TERM OF PERMIT.—
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1 ‘‘(A) COMPLIANCE DEADLINE.—Notwith2 standing any compliance schedule under section

3 301(b), or any permit limitation under section

4 402(b)(1)(B), the Administrator (or a State

5 with a program approved under subsection (b))

6 may issue a permit pursuant to this section for

7 a discharge from a combined storm and sani8 tary sewer, that includes a schedule for compli9 ance with a long-term control plan under the

10 control policy referred to in paragraph (1), for

11 a term not to exceed 15 years.

12 ‘‘(B) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding the

13 compliance deadline specified in subparagraph

14 (A), the Administrator or a State with a pro15 gram approved under subsection (b) shall ex16 tend, on request of an owner or operator of a

17 combined storm and sanitary sewer and subject

18 to subparagraph (C), the period of compliance

19 beyond the last day of the 15-year period—

20 ‘‘(i) if the Administrator or the State

21 determines that compliance by such last

22 day is not within the economic capability

23 of the owner or operator; and

24 ‘‘(ii) if the owner or operator dem25 onstrates to the satisfaction of the Admin-
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1 istrator or the State reasonable further

2 progress toward compliance with a long3 term control plan under the control policy

4 referred to in paragraph (1).

5 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION ON EXTENSIONS.—Not6 withstanding subparagraph (B), the Adminis7 trator or the State need not grant an extension

8 of the compliance deadline specified in subpara9 graph (A) if the Administrator or the State de10 termines that such an extension is not appro11 priate.

12 ‘‘(3) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Any consent decree or

13 court order entered by a United States district

14 court, or administrative order issued by the Admin15 istrator, before the date of the enactment of this

16 subsection establishing any deadlines, schedules, or

17 timetables, including any interim deadlines, sched18 ules, or timetables, for the evaluation, design, or

19 construction of treatment works for control or elimi20 nation of any discharge from a municipal combined

21 storm and sanitary sewer system shall be modified

22 upon motion or request by any party to such consent

23 decree or court order, to extend to December 31,

24 2009, at a minimum, any such deadlines, schedules,

25 or timetables, including any interim deadlines,
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1 schedules, or timetables as is necessary to conform

2 to the policy referred to in paragraph (1) or other3 wise achieve the objectives of this subsection.’’

4 SEC. 4. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR CAPITALIZATION

5 GRANTS.

6 Section 602(b)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution

7 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1382(b)(6)) is amended by insert8 ing ‘‘(other than the 20 percent limitation contained in

9 the exception at the end of the last sentence of such sec10 tion)’’ after ‘‘201(g)(1)’’.

11 SEC. 5. WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING LOAN

12 FUNDS.

13 (a) ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE.—Sec14 tion 603(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act

15 (33 U.S.C. 1383(c)) is amended to read as follows:

16 ‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amounts of funds

18 available to each State water pollution control re19 volving fund shall be used only for providing finan20 cial assistance to activities which have as a principal

21 benefit the improvement or protection of water qual22 ity of navigable waters to a municipality, inter23 municipal agency, interstate agency, State agency,

24 or other person. Such activities may include the fol25 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(A) Construction of a publicly owned

2 treatment works if the recipient of such assist3 ance is a municipality.

4 ‘‘(B) Implementation of lake protection

5 programs and projects under section 314.

6 ‘‘(C) Implementation of a management

7 program under section 319.

8 ‘‘(D) Implementation of a conservation and

9 management plan under section 320.

10 ‘‘(E) Acquisition of property rights for the

11 restoration or protection of publicly or privately

12 owned riparian areas.

13 ‘‘(F) Implementation of measures to im14 prove the efficiency of public water use.

15 ‘‘(G) Development and implementation of

16 plans by a public recipient to prevent water pol17 lution.

18 ‘‘(H) Acquisition of lands necessary to

19 meet any mitigation requirements related to

20 construction of a publicly owned treatment

21 works.

22 ‘‘(2) FUND AMOUNTS.—The water pollution

23 control revolving fund of a State shall be established,

24 maintained, and credited with repayments, and the

25 fund balance shall be available in perpetuity for pro-
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1 viding financial assistance described in paragraph

2 (1). Fees charged by a State to recipients of such

3 assistance may be deposited in the fund for the sole

4 purpose of financing the cost of administration of

5 this title.’’.

6 (b) EXTENDED REPAYMENT PERIOD FOR DISADVAN7 TAGED COMMUNITIES.—Section 603(d)(1) of such Act

8 (33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)) is amended—

9 (1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting after ‘‘20

10 years’’ the following: ‘‘or, in the case of a disadvan11 taged community, the lesser of 40 years or the ex12 pected life of the project to be financed with the pro13 ceeds of the loan’’; and

14 (2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘not later

15 than 20 years after project completion’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘upon the expiration of the term of the loan’’.

17 (c) INTEREST RATES.—Section 603 of such Act is

18 further amended by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘(i) INTEREST RATES.—In any case in which a State

20 makes a loan pursuant to subsection (d)(1) to a disadvan21 taged community, the State may charge a negative inter22 est rate of not to exceed 2 percent to reduce the unpaid

23 principal of the loan. The aggregate amount of all such

24 negative interest rate loans the State makes in a fiscal

25 year shall not exceed 20 percent of the aggregate amount
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1 of all loans made by the State from its revolving loan fund

2 in such fiscal year.’’.

3 SEC. 6. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 604(a) of the Federal

5 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1384(a)) is

6 amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(a) FORMULA FOR FISCAL YEARS 1996–2000.—

8 Sums authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section

9 607 for each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and

10 2000 shall be allotted for such year by the Administrator

11 not later than the 10th day which begins after the date

12 of the enactment of the table contained in this subsection.

13 Sums authorized for each such fiscal year shall be allotted

14 in accordance with the following table:

‘‘States: Percentage of sums

authorized:

Alabama ................................................................................... 0.7736

Alaska ...................................................................................... 0.2500

Arizona ..................................................................................... 1.1526

Arkansas .................................................................................. 0.3853

California ................................................................................. 9.3957

Colorado ................................................................................... 0.6964

Connecticut .............................................................................. 1.3875

Delaware .................................................................................. 0.2500

District of Columbia ................................................................ 0.3203

Florida ..................................................................................... 3.4696

Georgia ..................................................................................... 2.0334

Hawaii ...................................................................................... 0.2629

Idaho ........................................................................................ 0.2531

Illinois ...................................................................................... 5.6615

Indiana ..................................................................................... 3.1304

Iowa ......................................................................................... 0.6116

Kansas ..................................................................................... 0.8749

Kentucky .................................................................................. 1.3662

Louisiana ................................................................................. 1.0128

Maine ....................................................................................... 0.6742

Maryland .................................................................................. 1.6701

Massachusetts .......................................................................... 4.3755

Michigan .................................................................................. 3.8495
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‘‘States: Percentage of sums

authorized:

Minnesota ................................................................................. 1.3275

Mississippi ................................................................................ 0.6406

Missouri ................................................................................... 1.7167

Montana ................................................................................... 0.2500

Nebraska .................................................................................. 0.4008

Nevada ..................................................................................... 0.2500

New Hampshire ....................................................................... 0.4791

New Jersey ............................................................................... 4.7219

New Mexico .............................................................................. 0.2500

New York ................................................................................. 14.7435

North Carolina ......................................................................... 2.5920

North Dakota ........................................................................... 0.2500

Ohio .......................................................................................... 4.9828

Oklahoma ................................................................................. 0.6273

Oregon ...................................................................................... 1.2483

Pennsylvania ............................................................................ 4.2431

Rhode Island ............................................................................ 0.4454

South Carolina ......................................................................... 0.7480

South Dakota ........................................................................... 0.2500

Tennessee ................................................................................. 1.4767

Texas ........................................................................................ 4.6773

Utah ......................................................................................... 0.2937

Vermont ................................................................................... 0.2722

Virginia .................................................................................... 2.4794

Washington .............................................................................. 2.2096

West Virginia ........................................................................... 1.4346

Wisconsin ................................................................................. 1.4261

Wyoming .................................................................................. 0.2500

Puerto Rico .............................................................................. 1.0866

Northern Marianas .................................................................. 0.0308

American Samoa ...................................................................... 0.0908

Guam ........................................................................................ 0.0657

Palau ........................................................................................ 0.1295

Virgin Islands .......................................................................... 0.0527.’’.

1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 604(c)(2)

2 is amended by striking ‘‘title II of this Act’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘this title’’.

4 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

5 Section 607 (33 U.S.C. 1387) is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

7 (4);
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1 (2) by striking the period at the end of para2 graph (5) and inserting a semicolon; and

3 (3) by adding at the end the following:

4 ‘‘(6) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

5 year 1995;

6 ‘‘(7) $2,250,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;

7 ‘‘(8) $2,300,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;

8 ‘‘(9) $2,300,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;

9 ‘‘(10) $2,300,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and

10 ‘‘(11) $2,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’.

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