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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1093 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry 
out a pilot program to work with municipalities that are seeking to 
develop and implement integrated plans to meet their wastewater and 
stormwater obligations under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2015 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
WENSTRUP, Mr. SIMPSON, and Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to carry out a pilot program to work with munici-
palities that are seeking to develop and implement inte-
grated plans to meet their wastewater and stormwater 
obligations under the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Water Compli-
ance and Ratepayer Affordability Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
INTEGRATED 
MUNICIPAL 
STORMWATER 
AND 
WASTEWATER APPROACH FRAMEWORK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the first 5 fiscal years begin-
ning after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in coordi-
nation with appropriate State, local, and regional authori-
ties, shall carry out a pilot program under which the Ad-
ministrator shall work cooperatively with and facilitate the 
efforts of municipalities to develop and implement inte-
grated plans to meet their wastewater and stormwater ob-
ligations under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) in a more cost-effective and flexi-
ble manner. 
(b) FRAMEWORK.—The Administrator shall carry out 
the pilot program in a manner that is consistent with the 
Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Ap-
proach Framework issued by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, dated May 2012. 
(c) SELECTION OF MUNICIPALITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in con-
sultation with States that have approved National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System programs, 
shall select not fewer than 15 municipalities to par-
ticipate in the pilot program each fiscal year. 
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implementing control measures to address 
wet weather discharges from their waste-
water and stormwater facilities; and 
(B) give priority to eligible municipalities 
with a history of knowledgeable, detailed, and 
comprehensive efforts to develop integrated and 
adaptive clean water management practices, 
without regard to the status of the municipality 
in the process of planning or implementing such 
practices. 
(d) APPROVAL OF INTEGRATED PLANS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In approving the integrated 
plan of a municipality under the pilot program, the 
Administrator shall— 
(A) account for the financial capability of 
the municipality to adequately address the re-
quirements of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act that apply to the municipality; 
(B) prioritize the obligations of the munici-
pality under the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act according to the most cost-effective and 
environmentally beneficial outcomes; 
(C) account for the maintenance, oper-
ational, and regulatory obligations of the mu-
nicipality; and 
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(D) enable the municipality to implement 
innovative and flexible approaches to meet the 
obligations of the municipality under the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act. 
(2) USE
OF
ADAPTIVE
MANAGEMENT
AP-
PROACHES.— 
(A) PRIORITY.—In selecting municipalities 
to participate in the program, the Adminis-
trator may give priority to a municipality that 
is seeking to develop and implement an inte-
grated plan that includes adaptive approaches 
to account for changed or future uncertain cir-
cumstances. 
(B) TYPES OF ADAPTIVE APPROACHES.— 
Adaptive approaches referred to in subpara-
graph (A) include, at a minimum— 
(i) the use of new innovative technical 
or institutional approaches; and 
(ii) the ability to adapt the integrated 
plan in response to new regulatory require-
ments and reductions in financial capa-
bility. 
(3) ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITIES.—In carrying 
out the pilot program, the Administrator may, in full 
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coordination and mutual agreement with a munici-
pality selected to participate in the pilot program— 
(A) extend the allowable national pollutant 
discharge elimination system permit term under 
section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) to a maximum of 
25 years, and make corresponding changes to 
any associated implementation schedule; 
(B) modify the implementation terms of a 
consent decree entered into by the municipality 
with the Administrator pursuant to that Act; 
and 
(C) provide additional regulatory flexibility 
under that Act in approving and implementing 
an integrated plan that includes adaptive ap-
proaches in order to encourage the innovation 
integral to such approaches. 
(e) MUNICIPALITY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘municipality’’ means a county, city, town, township, 
or subdivision of a State or local government. 
(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and each year 
thereafter for 5 years, the Administrator shall transmit 
to Congress a report on the results of the pilot program, 
including a description of the specific outcomes expected 
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to be achieved that will reduce the costs of complying with 
the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act for municipalities participating in the program and 
similarly situated municipalities. 
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