H.R. 3934

119 HR 3934 IH: Water Quality Standards Attainability Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-11
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3934  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   June 11, 2025   Mr. Shreve  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure    A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require States to hold public hearings to review water quality standards applicable to a body of water into which a municipal combined storm and sanitary sewer discharges, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Water Quality Standards Attainability Act  .
2.
Amendments to State water quality standards review requirements
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended—
(1)
in section 303(c) ( 33 U.S.C. 1313(c) )—
(A)
in paragraph (1)—
(i)
by striking  The Governor of a State  and inserting
(A)   The Governor of a State ; and
(ii)
by striking  Results of such review shall be made available to the Administrator.  and inserting the following:
(B)
Reviews under this paragraph shall include review of any water quality standard applicable to a body of water into which, pursuant to a permit, order, or decree issued pursuant to this Act, a municipal combined storm and sanitary sewer discharges, including review for purposes of ensuring that combined sewer overflow controls are cost effective.
(C)
Results of each review under this paragraph shall be made available to the Administrator.
 ; and
(B)
in paragraph (2)(A)—
(i)
by inserting
(i)    before  their use and value for public water supplies ;
(ii)
by striking  , and also taking into consideration  and inserting  ;
(ii)   ; and
(iii)
by inserting before the period at the end the following:  ; and
(iii)   the cost and commercial availability of treatment technologies that may be required to be applied to point sources in order to result in compliance with such standards .
(2)
in section 304(a) ( 33 U.S.C. 1314(a) ), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(10)
Consideration of treatment technologies
In developing or revising water quality criteria under this subsection, the Administrator shall take into consideration the cost and commercial availability of treatment technologies that may be required to be applied to point sources in order to result in compliance with water quality standards adopted or promulgated under section 303.
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