local codes necessary to accommodate innova-
tive stormwater control infrastructure projects. 
(C) Identifying and developing fee struc-
tures to provide financial support for design, in-
stallation, and operations and maintenance of 
innovative stormwater control infrastructure. 
(D) Developing training and educational 
materials regarding innovative stormwater con-
trol infrastructure for distribution to— 
(i) individuals and entities with appli-
cable technical knowledge; and 
(ii) the public. 
(E) Developing an innovative stormwater 
control infrastructure portfolio standard pro-
gram described in section 6(e). 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—The Adminis-
trator may make implementation grants under this 
section for the following projects: 
(A) Installing innovative stormwater con-
trol infrastructure. 
(B) Protecting or restoring interconnected 
networks of natural areas that protect water 
quality. 
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(C) Monitoring and evaluating the environ-
mental, economic, or social benefits of innova-
tive stormwater control infrastructure. 
(D) Implementing a best practices stand-
ard for an innovative stormwater control infra-
structure program. 
(E) 
Implementing 
an 
innovative 
stormwater 
control 
infrastructure 
portfolio 
standard program described in section 6(e). 
(c) APPLICATION.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this Act, to be eligible to receive a grant under this section, 
an eligible entity shall prepare and submit to the Adminis-
trator an application at such time, in such form, and con-
taining such information as the Administrator may re-
quire, including, as applicable— 
(1) a description of the innovative stormwater 
control infrastructure project; 
(2) a plan for monitoring the impacts of the in-
novative stormwater control infrastructure project 
on the water quality and quantity; 
(3) an evaluation of other environmental, eco-
nomic, and social benefits of the innovative 
stormwater control infrastructure project; and 
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(4) a plan for the long-term operation and 
maintenance of the innovative stormwater control in-
frastructure project. 
(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT
FOR INNOVATIVE 
STORMWATER CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE PORTFOLIO 
STANDARD PROJECT.—In addition to an application 
under subsection (c), a State or Indian tribe applying for 
a grant for an innovative stormwater control infrastruc-
ture portfolio standard program described in section 6(e) 
shall prepare and submit to the Administrator a schedule 
of increasing minimum percentages of the annual water 
to be managed using innovative stormwater control infra-
structure under the program. 
(e) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this section, 
the Administrator shall give priority to applications sub-
mitted on behalf of— 
(1) a community that— 
(A) has combined storm and sanitary sew-
ers in the collection system of the community; 
or 
(B) is a low-income or disadvantaged com-
munity, as determined by the Administrator; or 
(2) an eligible entity that will use not less than 
10 percent of the grant to provide service to a low- 
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income or disadvantaged community, as determined 
by the Administrator. 
(f) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS.— 
(1) PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.— 
(A) SINGLE GRANT.—The amount of a sin-
gle planning and development grant provided 
under this section shall be not more than 
$200,000. 
(B) 
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT.—The 
total 
amount of all planning and development grants 
provided under this section for a fiscal year 
shall be not more than 1⁄3 of the total amount 
made available to carry out this section. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
(A) SINGLE GRANT.—The amount of a sin-
gle implementation grant provided under this 
section shall be not more than $3,000,000. 
(B) 
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT.—The 
total 
amount of all implementation grants provided 
under this section for a fiscal year shall be not 
more than 2⁄3 of the total amount made avail-
able to carry out this section. 
(g) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), the Federal share of a grant provided 
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under this section shall not exceed 65 percent of the 
total project cost. 
(2) CREDIT FOR IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
The Administrator shall credit toward the non-Fed-
eral share of the cost of an implementation project 
carried out under this section the cost of planning, 
design, and construction work completed for the 
project using funds other than funds provided under 
this Act. 
(3) EXCEPTION.—The Administrator may waive 
the Federal share limitation under paragraph (1) for 
an eligible entity that has adequately demonstrated 
financial need. 
SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY INNOVA-
TIVE STORMWATER CONTROL INFRASTRUC-
TURE PROMOTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall ensure 
that the Office of Water, the Office of Enforcement and 
Compliance, the Office of Research and Development, and 
the Office of Policy of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy promote the use of innovative stormwater control infra-
structure in and coordinate the integration of innovative 
stormwater control infrastructure into permitting pro-
grams, planning efforts, research, technical assistance, 
and funding guidance. 
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(b) DUTIES.—The Administrator shall ensure that 
the Office of Water— 
(1) promotes the use of innovative stormwater 
control infrastructure in the programs of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency; 
(2) supports establishing public-private partner-
ships and other innovative financing mechanisms in 
the implementation of innovative stormwater control 
infrastructure; and 
(3) coordinates efforts to increase the use of in-
novative stormwater control infrastructure with— 
(A) other Federal departments and agen-
cies; 
(B) State, tribal, and local governments; 
and 
(C) the private sector. 
(c) REGIONAL INNOVATIVE STORMWATER CONTROL 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROMOTION.—The Administrator shall 
direct each regional office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, as appropriate based on local factors, to promote 
and integrate the use of innovative stormwater control in-
frastructure within the region that includes— 
(1) a plan for monitoring, financing, mapping, 
and designing the innovative stormwater control in-
frastructure; 
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