ing, a notification of and basis for the dis-
approval and shall allow the Director of the Of-
fice the opportunity for resubmission. 
‘‘(D) FAILURE OF ADMINISTRATOR TO RE-
SPOND.—If the Administrator has not re-
sponded in writing to a list submitted under 
subparagraph (A) by the date that is 90 days 
after the date of the submission, the list shall 
be considered to be approved. 
‘‘(4) FAILURE TO COMPILE LIST.—If the Direc-
tor of the Office does not compile a list under para-
graph (1) with respect to a fiscal year, the Adminis-
trator shall compile the list for that fiscal year, 
which— 
‘‘(A) shall include a specification, in order 
of priority, of activities, projects, programs, and 
studies that will assist in meeting the goals and 
objectives of the Long Island Sound Com-
prehensive Conservation and Management Plan; 
and 
‘‘(B) may include any activities, projects, 
programs, and studies from previous lists com-
piled under paragraph (1) and approved under 
paragraph (3) that have not yet been funded 
with a grant under subsection (j).’’. 
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(g) GRANTS.—Section 119(j) of such Act (as redesig-
nated by subsection (b)(1) of this section) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (B), the Administrator is authorized to 
make grants under this subsection to State, inter-
state, and regional water pollution control agencies 
and other public and nonprofit private agencies, in-
stitutions, and organizations. 
‘‘(B) CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT WORKS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator is 
authorized to make a grant under this sub-
section for the construction of a publicly owned 
treatment works within a Long Island Sound 
State solely— 
‘‘(I) to a municipal, intermunicipal, 
State, or interstate agency; and 
‘‘(II) if the State in which the recipi-
ent agency is located has established, or 
the Administrator has established for the 
State, allocations for discharges within the 
State in a Long Island Sound TMDL. 
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‘‘(ii) MINIMUM FUNDING.—To the extent 
practicable, the Administrator shall make 
grants to agencies under this subparagraph in 
a manner that ensures that each Long Island 
Sound State receives each fiscal year not less 
than 5 percent of the total amount made avail-
able in grants under this subparagraph in that 
fiscal year.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3) by inserting after the first 
sentence the following: ‘‘Grants to construct a mu-
nicipal separate storm sewer system made under this 
subsection to a municipality that is subject to a re-
gional permit issued under subsection (d)(2) shall 
not exceed 65 percent of the costs of the construc-
tion.’’. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
119(l) of such Act (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1) 
of this section) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, other than 
subsection (j), such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015. 
‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FUNDING.—For 
each fiscal year, the amount the Management Con-
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ference of the Long Island Sound Study is eligible 
to receive in grants under section 320 shall be re-
duced by an amount equal to the amount the Man-
agement Conference receives in grants under this 
section. 
‘‘(3) GRANTS.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out subsection (j)— 
‘‘(A) for grants to construct publicly owned 
treatment works, including municipal separate 
storm sewer systems (which may utilize low im-
pact development technologies or approaches or 
utilize methods to address combined sewer over-
flows)— 
‘‘(i) $125,000,000 for fiscal year 
2011; and 
‘‘(ii) $250,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2012 through 2015; and 
‘‘(B) for grants other than grants de-
scribed under subparagraph (A) $40,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.’’. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—Section 119 of such Act (as 
amended by this section) is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
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‘‘(1) LONG ISLAND SOUND STATE.—The term 
‘Long Island Sound State’ means each of the States 
of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 
New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. 
‘‘(2) LONG ISLAND SOUND TMDL.—The term 
‘Long Island Sound TMDL’ means a total maximum 
daily load established or approved by the Adminis-
trator to achieve water quality standards in the wa-
ters of Long Island Sound under section 303(d). 
‘‘(3) LONG ISLAND SOUND WATERSHED.—The 
term ‘Long Island Sound watershed’ means Long Is-
land Sound and the area consisting of the drainage 
basin leading into Long Island Sound, including— 
‘‘(A) the Connecticut River and its tribu-
taries; 
‘‘(B) the Housatonic River and its tribu-
taries; 
‘‘(C) the Thames River and its tributaries; 
‘‘(D) the Pawcatuck River and its tribu-
taries; and 
‘‘(E) all other tributaries in the States of 
Connecticut and New York that drain into 
Long Island Sound. 
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‘‘(4) URBANIZED AREA.—The term ‘urbanized 
area’ has the meaning given that term by the Bu-
reau of the Census.’’. 
SEC. 3. INNOVATIVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AP-
PROACHES. 
Title V of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 519 as section 520; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 518 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 519. INNOVATIVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AP-
PROACHES. 
‘‘To the maximum extent practicable, the Adminis-
trator shall consider the use of innovative stormwater 
management practices and approaches, including nutrient 
trading with respect to water quality and the use of low 
impact development technologies, in meeting the require-
ments of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 4. NUTRIENT BIOEXTRACTION PILOT PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall carry out a pilot 
project to demonstrate the efficacy of nutrient bioextrac-
tion for the removal of nitrogen and phosphorous from the 
waters of the Long Island Sound watershed. 
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