I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5670 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
make grants for the improvement of storm water retention basins in 
the watersheds of estuaries in the National Estuary Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2010 
Mr. ADLER of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to make grants for the improvement of 
storm water retention basins in the watersheds of estu-
aries in the National Estuary Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. STORM WATER RETENTION BASIN IMPROVE-
MENT GRANTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency shall make grants on a 
competitive basis to eligible entities for improvement of 
the pollution control capabilities of storm water retention 
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basins identified by the Administrator under subsection 
(b). 
(b) IDENTIFICATION
OF
BASINS
BY
ADMINIS-
TRATOR.—The Administrator shall conduct an evaluation 
of each storm water retention basin located in the water-
shed of an estuary for which a comprehensive conservation 
and management plan is in effect under section 320 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330) 
to identify basins whose pollution control capabilities are 
in need of improvement in order to attain or maintain in 
such estuary the water quality described in subsection 
(a)(2)(A) of such section. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—The Administrator may only make 
a grant under subsection (a) to an eligible entity that sub-
mits an application at such time, in such form, and includ-
ing such information and assurances as the Administrator 
may require, including— 
(1) a detailed description of the storm water re-
tention basin improvements for which the entity will 
use grant funds; and 
(2) scientific evidence in support of the need for 
such improvements, which may include the evidence 
that formed the basis of the Administrator’s identi-
fication under subsection (b) of the basin involved. 
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(d) PRIORITY.—In making grants under subsection 
(a), the Administrator shall give priority to grant pro-
posals— 
(1) by eligible entities to improve storm water 
retention basins whose pollution control capabilities 
are the most deficient and the improvement of which 
will result in the greatest increase in water quality 
in the estuary involved; and 
(2) by eligible entities to improve storm water 
retention basins for which, prior to the date of the 
enactment of this Act, an evaluation of pollution 
control capabilities has been conducted as part of 
the implementation of a comprehensive conservation 
and management plan under section 320 of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330). 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity receiving a 
grant under subsection (a) shall use grant funds to carry 
out— 
(1) the storm water retention basin improve-
ments the entity described in its grant application, 
as required by subsection (c)(1); and 
(2) the monitoring and reporting requirements 
of subsection (f)(1). 
(f) MONITORING, REPORTING, AND EVALUATION.— 
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(1) BY ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An eligible entity 
receiving a grant under subsection (a) shall conduct 
such monitoring activities as the Administrator con-
siders necessary to determine if the storm water re-
tention basin improvements for which the entity is 
using grant funds are increasing the basin’s pollu-
tion control capabilities. At such times as the Ad-
ministrator may require, the eligible entity shall sub-
mit to the Administrator reports of the data gath-
ered by the monitoring activities. 
(2) BY
ADMINISTRATOR.—The Administrator 
shall analyze the data submitted by eligible entities 
under paragraph (1) and conduct such additional 
monitoring and evaluation of the storm water basin 
improvements carried out through grants under sub-
section (a) as the Administrator considers necessary 
to determine the most effective methods of improv-
ing storm water basins to increase water quality in 
estuaries for which comprehensive conservation and 
management plans are in effect under section 320 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1330). 
(g) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator 
may not make a grant to an eligible entity under sub-
section (a) unless the eligible entity agrees that, with re-
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spect to the costs to be incurred by the eligible entity in 
carrying out the activities for which the grant is awarded, 
the eligible entity will make available non-Federal con-
tributions in an amount equal to not less than 20 percent 
of the Federal funds provided under the grant. 
(h) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—The term ‘‘eligible 
entity’’ means a State or a political subdivision of a State 
that has jurisdiction over all or part of a storm water re-
tention basin identified by the Administrator under sub-
section (b), regardless of whether such basin is publicly 
or privately owned. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 
2015. 
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