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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1581
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the modi-
fication of permitting requirements for discharges composed entirely of
stormwater.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 1, 1993
Mr. GALLEGLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Public Works and Transportation
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to pro-
vide for the modification of permitting requirements for
discharges composed entirely of stormwater.
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 ‘‘Stormwater Discharge
Improvement and Pollution Prevention Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. STORMWATER DISCHARGES.
Section 402(p) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(p)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(7) MODIFICATION OF PERMITTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Octo-
ber 1, 1997, the Administrator shall issue regu-
lations modifying permit application require-
ments established under this subsection for the
following purposes:
‘‘(i) 
COMPREHENSIVE
POLLUTION
PREVENTION
PLANS.—To provide that a
person who is issued a permit under this
section for discharges composed entirely of
stormwater will be considered to have sat-
isfied any requirement contained in such
permit (and any other requirement of this
Act) for treatment of such discharges if
such person implements institutional and
nonstructural source controls of pollutants
under a comprehensive pollution prevention
plan. Any such plan shall be approved by
the Administrator or the State (in the case
of a permit program approved under sec-
tion 402 of this Act) in accordance with
criteria and procedures established by the
Administrator.
‘‘(ii) EXEMPTIONS.—To establish pro-
cedures under which a facility may be ex-
empt from all permitting requirements
under this section for discharges composed
entirely of stormwater if the person con-
trolling the facility can demonstrate any of
the following:
‘‘(I) That the facility is relatively
insignificant in size.
‘‘(II) That stormwater discharges
from the facility can be expected to
have a minimum environmental im-
pact.
‘‘(III) That mitigation efforts are
being implemented to prevent pollut-
ants from entering stormwater dis-
charges from the facility.
‘‘(iii) EXISTING PERMITS.—To provide
for the modification of existing permits
and permit applications under this section
for 
discharges 
composed 
entirely 
of
stormwater to conform with modifications
to permit application requirements under
this paragraph.
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY
OF
EXISTING
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this subsection, the Administrator or
the State (in the case of a permit program ap-
proved under section 402 of this Act)—
‘‘(i) shall not require a permit under
this section, or enforce any provision of an
existing permit, for discharges composed
entirely of stormwater before the effective
date of regulations to be issued under sub-
paragraph (A); and
‘‘(ii) shall not issue a permit under
this section, or enforce any provision of an
existing permit, which requires, before Oc-
tober 1, 2000, the treatment of discharges
composed entirely of stormwater.
‘‘(C) ADVISORY
GROUP.—The Adminis-
trator shall establish an advisory group to as-
sist the Administrator in developing regulations
under this paragraph and to ensure that such
regulations are simple, flexible, and cost-effec-
tive. Such advisory group shall include local
elected officials from municipalities representing
the size and geographic diversity of municipali-
ties which will be subject to such regulations.
‘‘(D) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Regulations is-
sued pursuant to this paragraph shall not take
effect before October 1, 1997.’’.
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