I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 961
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 15, 1995
Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. HAYES, Mr. CLINGER, Mr. PARKER, Mr. EM-
ERSON, Mr. LAUGHLIN, Mr. ZELIFF, Mr. POSHARD, Mr. EWING, Ms.
DANNER, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. MICA, Mr.
BARCIA, Mr. DUNCAN, and Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Clean Water Amendments of 1995’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definition.
Sec. 3. Amendment of Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
TITLE I—RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Sec. 101. National goals and policies.
Sec. 102. State management assistance.
TITLE II—CONSTRUCTION GRANTS
Sec. 201. Uses of funds.
Sec. 202. Administration of closeout of construction grant program.
Sec. 203. Sewage collection systems.
Sec. 204. Treatment works defined.
Sec. 205. Value engineering review.
TITLE III—STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 301. Effluent limitations.
Sec. 302. Information and guidelines.
Sec. 303. Risk and cost-benefit analysis.
Sec. 304. Toxic pollutants.
Sec. 305. Federal enforcement.
Sec. 306. Federal facilities.
Sec. 307. Clean lakes.
Sec. 308. Nonpoint source management programs.
Sec. 309. National estuary program.
Sec. 310. State watershed management programs.
TITLE IV—PERMITS AND LICENSES
Sec. 401. Waste treatment systems.
Sec. 402. Stormwater discharge permits.
Sec. 403. Combined sewer overflows.
Sec. 404. Intake credits.
Sec. 405. Beneficial use of biosolids.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 501. Consultation with States.
Sec. 502. Oil type differentiation.
Sec. 503. Needs estimate.
Sec. 504. General program authorizations.
Sec. 505. Adequately funded mandates.
TITLE VI—STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING
FUNDS
Sec. 601. Water use efficiency measures.
Sec. 602. Guidance for small systems.
Sec. 603. Types of assistance.
Sec. 604. Allotment of funds.
Sec. 605. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 701. Future funding options for infrastructure projects.
Sec. 702. Technical amendments.
TITLE VIII—WETLANDS CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Findings and statement of purpose.
Sec. 803. Wetlands conservation and management.
Sec. 804. Definitions.
Sec. 805. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 806. Effective date.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION.
In this Act, the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the
‘‘Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency’’.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CON-
TROL ACT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251–1387).
TITLE I—RESEARCH AND
RELATED PROGRAMS
SEC. 101. NATIONAL GOALS AND POLICIES.
(a) STATE STRATEGIES.—Section 101(a) (33 U.S.C.
1251(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(6);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (7) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8) it is the national policy to support State
efforts undertaken in consultation with local govern-
ments to identify, prioritize, and implement water
pollution prevention and control strategies;’’.
(b) ROLE OF STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL GOVERN-
MENTS.—Section 101(a) is further amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(9) it is the national policy to recognize, sup-
port, and enhance the role of State, tribal, and local
governments in carrying out the provisions of this
Act;’’.
(c) RECLAMATION AND REUSE.—
(1) 
RECLAMATION.—Section 
101(a)(4) 
is
amended by inserting after ‘‘works’’ the following:
‘‘and to reclaim waste water from municipal and in-
dustrial sources’’.
(2) BENEFICIAL REUSE.—Section 101(a) is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(10) it is the national policy that beneficial
reuse of waste water effluent, residuals, and byprod-
ucts be encouraged to the fullest extent possible;
and’’.
(d) WATER USE EFFICIENCY.—Section 101(a) is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(11) it is the national policy that water use ef-
ficiency be encouraged to the fullest extent pos-
sible.’’.
(e) NET BENEFITS.—Section 101 is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) NET BENEFITS.—It is the national policy that
the development and implementation of water quality pro-
tection programs pursuant to this Act shall produce bene-
fits to the public health and safety and to the environment
that justify the cost to the Government and the public of
implementation of and compliance with the requirements
of this Act. The cost-benefit analysis shall consider both
quantifiable and qualitative measures. In accordance with
this policy, the Administrator shall identify, assess, and
document alternative regulatory approaches for protecting
water quality in the Nation and shall develop regulations
and guidance based upon the best obtainable scientific,
technical, economic, and other information, including the
risk reduction benefits achievable by the identified alter-
natives. In the event that the required assessment cannot
be made or the selected regulatory approach does not
achieve maximum net benefits, the Administrator shall re-
port the reasons therefor to Congress.’’.
SEC. 102. STATE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE.
Section 106(a) (33 U.S.C. 1255(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘$75,000,000’’;
(2) by inserting after ‘‘1990’’ the following: ‘‘,
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal
years 1991 through 1995, and $100,000,000 per fis-
cal year for each of fiscal years 1996 through
2000’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘States
or interstate agencies receiving grants under this
section may use such funds to finance, with other
States or interstate agencies, studies and projects on
interstate issues.’’.
TITLE II—CONSTRUCTION
GRANTS
SEC. 201. USES OF FUNDS.
(a) REMOVAL OF LIMITATION.—Section 201(g)(1)
(33 U.S.C. 1281(g)(1)) is amended by striking the period
at the end of the first sentence and all that follows
through the period at the end of the last sentence and
inserting the following: ‘‘and for any purpose for which
a grant may be made under sections 319(h) and 319(i)
of this Act (including any innovative and alternative ap-
proaches for the control of nonpoint sources of pollu-
tion).’’.
(b) CONSIDERATION OF WATER USE EFFICIENCY.—
Section 201(g)(2) (33 U.S.C. 201(g)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(C) wastewater reduction and other water use
efficiency options have been studied and evaluated
and, to the extent practicable and cost effective, im-
plemented.’’.
SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATION OF CLOSEOUT OF CONSTRUC-
TION GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 205(g)(1) (33 U.S.C. 1285(g)(1)) is amended
by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Administrator
may negotiate an annual budget with a State for the pur-
pose of administering the closeout of the State’s construc-
tion grants program under this title. Sums made available
for administering such closeout shall be subtracted from
amounts remaining available for obligation under the
State’s construction grant program under this title.’’.
SEC. 203. SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEMS.
Section 211(a) (33 U.S.C. 1291(a)) is amended—
(1) in clause (1) by striking ‘‘an existing collec-
tion system’’ and inserting ‘‘a collection system ex-
isting on the date of the enactment of the Clean
Water Amendments of 1995’’;
(2) in clause (2) by striking ‘‘an existing com-
munity’’ and inserting ‘‘a community existing on
such date of enactment’’; and
(3) in clause (2) by inserting after ‘‘sufficient
existing’’ the following: ‘‘on such date of enact-
ment’’.
SEC. 204. TREATMENT WORKS DEFINED.
(a) 
INCLUSION
OF
OTHER
LANDS.—Section
212(2)(A) (33 U.S.C. 1292(2)(A)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘any works, including site’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘is used for ultimate’’ and in-
serting ‘‘will be used for ultimate’’; and
(3) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ‘‘and acquisition of other lands, and inter-
ests in lands, which are necessary for construction’’.
(b) POLICY
ON
COST
EFFECTIVENESS.—Section
218(a) (33 U.S.C. 1298(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘com-
bination of devices and systems’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘from such treatment;’’ and inserting ‘‘treatment
works;’’.
SEC. 205. VALUE ENGINEERING REVIEW.
Section 218(c) (33 U.S.C. 1298(c)) is amended by
striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’.
TITLE III—STANDARDS AND
ENFORCEMENT
SEC. 301. EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS.
(a) INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES.—Section 301(k)
(33 U.S.C. 1311(k)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘lower costs’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘achievable,’’ and inserting ‘‘reducing
the release of pollutants to other media,’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘a date’’ and inserting ‘‘a sched-
ule for compliance’’;
(3) by inserting ‘‘which includes a date for such
compliance’’ before ‘‘no later than’’; and
(4) by striking ‘‘two years’’ and inserting ‘‘3
years’’.
(b) COAL REMINING.—Section 301(p)(2) (33 U.S.C.
1311(p)(2)) is amended by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ‘‘except where monitoring dem-
onstrates that the receiving waters do not meet such water
quality standards prior to commencement of remining and
where the water quality of the receiving stream is pro-
jected to be improved by remining’’.
SEC. 302. INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES.
(a) GUIDANCE ON WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR
LOW FLOW AREAS.—Section 304(a) (33 U.S.C. 1314(a))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(9) GUIDANCE ON STANDARDS FOR LOW FLOW
AREAS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this paragraph, and after providing no-
tice and opportunity for public comment, the Admin-
istrator shall develop and publish guidance to the
‘‘(B) require identification and discussion
of—
‘‘(i) all significant assumptions, infer-
ences, or models used in the risk assess-
ment;
‘‘(ii) credible alternatives to each such
assumption, inference, or model;
‘‘(iii) the sensitivity of the result to
the significant assumptions, inferences, or
models relied upon; and
‘‘(iv) the extent to which any such as-
sumption, inference, or model has been
validated by or conflicts with empirical
data;
‘‘(C) require, to the maximum extent prac-
tical, a quantitative estimate of the uncertainty
inherent in the risk assessment;
‘‘(D) require a comparison of the nature
and extent of the risk identified by the risk as-
sessment with available information on other
risks to human health or the environment;
‘‘(E) require an estimate of the nature and
extent of the incremental risk avoided by the
standard, effluent limitation, or other regu-
latory requirement, or related guidance, and the
social, environmental, and economic benefits an-
ticipated therefrom; and
‘‘(F) require an estimate of the total so-
cial, environmental, and economic costs of im-
plementing or complying with the standard, ef-
fluent limitation, or other regulatory require-
ment, or related guidance.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION TO STATES.—In developing
regulations or guidance under the Act, States may
apply the risk assessment guidance and risk analysis
standards set forth in paragraph (1).
‘‘(4) EXCEPTIONS.—Standards, effluent limita-
tion, or other regulatory requirements, and related
guidance, that are issued in final form in the 1-year
period following the date of the enactment of this
subsection shall not be subject to the requirements
of paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 304. TOXIC POLLUTANTS.
(a) TOXIC EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
AND STAND-
ARDS.—Section 307(a)(2) (33 U.S.C. 1317(a)(2)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(2) Each’’ and inserting
‘‘(2)(A) TOXIC EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND STAND-
ARDS.—Each’’;
(2) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by
striking the third sentence; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) FACTORS.—The published effluent standard (or
prohibition) shall take into account—
‘‘(i) 
the 
pollutant’s 
persistence, 
toxicity,
degradability, and bioaccumulation potential;
‘‘(ii) the magnitude and risk of exposure to the
pollutant, including risks to affected organisms and
the importance of such organisms;
‘‘(iii) the relative contribution of point source
discharges of the pollutant to the overall risk from
the pollutant;
‘‘(iv) the availability of, and risk posed by, sub-
stitute chemicals or processes or the availability of
treatment processes or control technology;
‘‘(v) the beneficial and adverse social and eco-
nomic effects of the effluent standard, including the
impact on energy resources;
‘‘(vi) the extent to which effective control is
being or may be achieved in an expeditious manner
under other regulatory authorities;
‘‘(vii) the impact on national security interests;
and
‘‘(viii) such other factors as the Administrator
considers appropriate.’’.
(b) STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.—Section
303(c) (33 U.S.C. 1313(c)) is amended by striking
‘‘three’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1972)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘5–year period beginning on the date of the enactment
of the Clean Water Amendments of 1995)’’.
(c) FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES.—Section 304
(33 U.S.C. 1314) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(n) FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES.—After con-
sultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies,
and after providing notice and opportunity for public com-
ment, the Administrator may develop and issue guidance
that States may use—
‘‘(1) in issuing fish consumption advisories;
‘‘(2) in developing a monitoring program for
contaminants in fish and shellfish; and
‘‘(3) in issuing scientific protocols for testing
contamination levels of fish.’’.
(d) BEACH WATER QUALITY MONITORING.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 304 is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(o) BEACH WATER QUALITY MONITORING.—After
consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies,
and after providing notice and opportunity for public com-
ment, the Administrator may develop and issue guidance
that States may use in monitoring water quality at beach-
es and issuing health advisories with respect to beaches,
including testing protocols, recommendations on frequency
of testing and monitoring, recommendations on pollutants
for which monitoring and testing should be conducted, and
recommendations on when health advisories should be is-
sued.’’.
(2) REPORTS.—Section 516(a) (33 U.S.C.
1375(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘and (9)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(9) the monitoring conducted by States on
the water quality of beaches and the issuance of
health advisories with respect to beaches, and (10)’’.
SEC. 305. FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT.
(a) ADJUSTMENT OF PENALTIES.—Section 309 (33
U.S.C. 1319) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(h) ADJUSTMENT OF MONETARY PENALTIES FOR
INFLATION.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years
after the date of the enactment of this paragraph,
and at least once every 4 years thereafter, the Ad-
ministrator shall adjust each monetary penalty pro-
vided by this section in accordance with paragraph
(2) and publish such adjustment in the Federal Reg-
ister.
‘‘(2) METHOD.—An adjustment to be made
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be determined by
increasing the maximum monetary penalty or the
range of maximum monetary penalties, as appro-
priate, by the cost-of-living adjustment.
‘‘(3) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT DEFINED.—
In this subsection, the term ‘cost-of-living’ adjust-
ment means the percentage (if any) for each mone-
tary penalty by which—
‘‘(A) the Consumer Price Index for the
month of June of the calendar year preceding
the adjustment; exceeds
‘‘(B) the Consumer Price Index for—
‘‘(i) with respect to the first adjust-
ment under this subsection, the month of
June of the calendar year preceding the
date of the enactment of this subsection;
and
‘‘(ii) with respect to each subsequent
adjustment under this subsection, the
month of June of the calendar year in
which the amount of such monetary pen-
alty was last adjusted under this sub-
section.
‘‘(4) 
ROUNDING.—In 
making 
adjustments
under this subsection, the Administrator may round
the dollar amount of a penalty, as appropriate.
‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY.—Any increase to a mone-
tary penalty resulting from this subsection shall
apply only to violations which occur after the date
any such increase takes effect.’’.
(b) JOINING STATES AS PARTIES IN ACTIONS IN-
VOLVING MUNICIPALITIES.—Section 309(e) (33 U.S.C.
1319(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall be joined as a
party. Such State’’ and inserting ‘‘may be joined as a
party. Any State so joined as a party’’.
SEC. 306. FEDERAL FACILITIES.
(a) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—Section
313(a) (33 U.S.C. 1323(a)) is amended by striking all
preceding subsection (b) and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 313. FEDERAL FACILITIES POLLUTION CONTROL.
‘‘(a) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL, STATE, INTER-
STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each department, agency,
or instrumentality of the executive, legislative, and
judicial branches of the Federal Government—
‘‘(A) having jurisdiction over any property
or facility, or
‘‘(B) engaged in any activity resulting, or
which may result, in the discharge or runoff of
pollutants,
and each officer, agent, or employee thereof in the
performance of his official duties, shall be subject to,
and comply with, all Federal, State, interstate, and
local requirements, administrative authority, and
process and sanctions respecting the control and
abatement of water pollution in the same manner
and to the same extent as any nongovernmental en-
tity, including the payment of reasonable service
charges.
‘‘(2) TYPES OF ACTIONS COVERED.—Paragraph
(1) shall apply—
‘‘(A) to any requirement whether sub-
stantive or procedural (including any record-
keeping or reporting requirement, any require-
ment respecting permits, and any other require-
ment),
‘‘(B) to the exercise of any Federal, State,
or local administrative authority, and
‘‘(C) to any process and sanction, whether
enforced in Federal, State, or local courts or in
any other manner.
‘‘(3) PENALTIES
AND
FINES.—The Federal,
State, interstate, and local substantive and proce-
dural requirements, administrative authority, and
process and sanctions referred to in paragraph (1)
include all administrative orders and all civil and ad-
ministrative penalties and fines, regardless of wheth-
er such penalties or fines are punitive or coercive in
nature or are imposed for isolated, intermittent, or
continuing violations.
‘‘(4) SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.—
‘‘(A) WAIVER.—The United States hereby
expressly waives any immunity otherwise appli-
cable to the United States with respect to any
requirement, 
administrative 
authority, 
and
process and sanctions referred to in paragraph
(1) (including any injunctive relief, any admin-
istrative order, any civil or administrative pen-
alty or fine referred to in paragraph (3), or any
reasonable service charge).
‘‘(B) PROCESSING FEES.—The reasonable
service charges referred to in this paragraph in-
cludes fees or charges assessed in connection
with the processing and issuance of permits, re-
newal of permits, amendments to permits, re-
view of plans, studies, and other documents,
and inspection and monitoring of facilities, as
well as any other nondiscriminatory charges
that are assessed in connection with a Federal,
State, interstate, or local water pollution regu-
latory program.
‘‘(5) EXEMPTIONS.—
‘‘(A) GENERAL
AUTHORITY
OF
PRESI-
DENT.—The President may exempt any effluent
source of any department, agency, or instru-
mentality in the executive branch from compli-
ance with any requirement to which paragraph
(1) applies if the President determines it to be
in the paramount interest of the United States
to do so; except that no exemption may be
granted from the requirements of section 306
or 307 of this Act.
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—No exemptions shall
be granted under subparagraph (A) due to lack
of appropriation unless the President shall have
specifically requested such appropriation as a
part of the budgetary process and the Congress
shall have failed to make available such re-
quested appropriation.
‘‘(C) TIME PERIOD.—Any exemption under
subparagraph (A) shall be for a period not in
excess of 1 year, but additional exemptions may
be granted for periods of not to exceed 1 year
upon the President’s making a new determina-
tion.
‘‘(D) MILITARY PROPERTY.—In addition to
any exemption of a particular effluent source,
the President may, if the President determines
it to be in the paramount interest of the United
States to do so, issue regulations exempting
from compliance with the requirements of this
section any weaponry, equipment, aircraft, ves-
sels, vehicles, or other classes or categories of
property, and access to such property, which
are owned or operated by the Armed Forces of
the United States (including the Coast Guard)
or by the National Guard of any State and
which are uniquely military in nature. The
President shall reconsider the need for such
regulations at 3-year intervals.
‘‘(E) REPORTS.—The President shall re-
port each January to the Congress all exemp-
imprisonment) under any Federal or State water
pollution law, but no department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the executive, legislative, or judicial
branch of the Federal Government shall be subject
to any such sanction.’’.
(b) FUNDS COLLECTED BY A STATE.—Section 313
(33 U.S.C. 1323) is further amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON STATE USE OF FUNDS.—Unless
a State law in effect on the date of the enactment of this
subsection or a State constitution requires the funds to
be used in a different manner, all funds collected by a
State from the Federal Government in penalties and fines
imposed for the violation of a substantive or procedural
requirement referred to in subsection (a) shall be used by
the State only for projects designed to improve or protect
the environment or to defray the costs of environmental
protection or enforcement.’’.
(c) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 313 is further amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) FEDERAL FACILITY ENFORCEMENT.—
‘‘(1) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
ENFORCEMENT
BY
EPA.—The Administrator may commence an admin-
istrative enforcement action against any department,
agency, or instrumentality of the executive, legisla-
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON ACTIONS AND RIGHT OF INTER-
VENTION.—Any violation with respect to which the Ad-
ministrator or Secretary, as applicable, has commenced
and is diligently prosecuting an action under this sub-
section, or for which the Administrator or Secretary, as
applicable, has issued a final order and the violator has
either paid a penalty or fine assessed under this subsection
or is subject to an enforceable schedule of corrective ac-
tions, shall not be the subject of an action under section
505 of this Act. In any action under this subsection, any
citizen may intervene as a matter of right.’’.
(e) DEFINITION OF PERSON.—Section 502(5) (33
U.S.C. 1362(5)) is amended by inserting before the period
at the end the following: ‘‘and includes any department,
agency, or instrumentality of the United States’’.
(f) DEFINITION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS.—Sec-
tion 502 (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(21) The term ‘radioactive materials’ includes
source materials, special nuclear materials, and byproduct
materials (as such terms are defined under the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954) which are used, produced, or man-
aged at facilities not licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission; except that such term does not include any
material which is discharged from a vessel or other facility
covered by Executive Order 12344 (42 U.S.C. 7158 note;
relating to the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program).’’.
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 313(b)
(33 U.S.C. 1323(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(b)(1)’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(b) WASTEWATER FACILITIES.—
‘‘(1) COOPERATION FOR USE OF WASTEWATER
CONTROL SYSTEMS.—’’;
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘LIMITATION
ON CONSTRUCTION.—’’ before ‘‘Construction’’; and
(3) by moving paragraphs (1) and (2) 2 ems to
the right.
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act and shall only apply to violations occurring
after such date of enactment.
SEC. 307. CLEAN LAKES.
Section 314 (33 U.S.C. 1324) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$10,000,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal years 1996
through 2000.’’.
SEC. 308. NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS.
(a) STATE ASSESSMENT REPORT.—
(1) 
CONTENTS.—Section 
319(a)(1)(C) 
(33
U.S.C. 1329(a)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘best
management practices and’’.
(2) INFORMATION
USED
IN
PREPARATION.—
Section 319(a)(2) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, reviewing, and revising’’
after ‘‘developing’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘section’’ the first place it
appears and inserting ‘‘subsection’’.
(3) REVIEW AND REVISION.—Section 319(a) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) REVIEW AND REVISION.—Not later than
18 months after the date of the enactment of the
Clean Water Amendments of 1995, and every 5
years thereafter, the State shall review, revise, and
submit to the Administrator the report required by
this subsection.’’.
(b) STATE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.—
(1) TERM OF PROGRAM.—Section 319(b)(1) is
amended by striking ‘‘four’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’.
(2) CONTENTS.—Section 319(b)(2) is amend-
ed—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘best’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(B)’’; and
(iii) by inserting ‘‘and measure’’ after
‘‘practice’’;
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘enforceable policies
and mechanisms,’’ after ‘‘as appropriate,’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘for enforcement’’;
and
(iii) by striking ‘‘achieve implementa-
tion’’ and all that follows before the period
and 
inserting 
‘‘manage 
categories,
subcategories, 
or 
particular 
nonpoint
sources to the degree necessary to provide
for a reasonable likelihood of attainment of
water quality standards by not later than
December 31, 2009 for those waters iden-
tified under subsection (a)(1)(A)’’;
(C) by amending subparagraph (C) to read
as follows:
‘‘(C) A schedule containing interim goals
and milestones for making reasonable progress
toward the attainment of standards, which may
be demonstrated by any combination of im-
provements in water quality (including biologi-
cal indicators), adoption of enforceable nonpoint
source control practices and measures, and doc-
umented implementation of voluntary nonpoint
source control practices and measures.’’;
(D) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘a
certification of’’ and inserting ‘‘After the date
of the enactment of the Clean Water Amend-
ments of 1995, a certification by’’; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(G) A description of the monitoring or
other assessment which will be carried out
under the program for the purposes of monitor-
ing and assessing the effectiveness of the pro-
gram, including the attainment of interim goals
and milestones.
‘‘(H) An identification of activities on Fed-
eral lands in the State that are inconsistent
with the State management program.’’.
(c) SUBMISSION
OF MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS.—
Paragraph (2) of section 319(c) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(2) TIME PERIOD FOR SUBMISSION OF MAN-
AGEMENT PROGRAMS.—Each management program
shall be submitted to the Administrator within 30
months of the issuance by the Administrator of the