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Water Quality Standards Attainability Act
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.
Summary
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require states to hold public hearings and review water quality standards for bodies of water that receive discharges from combined municipal storm and sanitary sewers. The reviews must include evaluation of whether combined sewer overflow controls are cost-effective. The bill also requires the EPA to consider the cost and commercial availability of treatment technologies when developing or revising water quality criteria, ensuring that standards are technically and economically achievable for point source polluters.
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Sponsor (1)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jefferson Shreve’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- RUNNEBOHM CONSTRUCTION, INC. $4,300
- THE HERITAGE GROUP $3,561
- ZINK DISTRIBUTING $3,300
- TARBERT PROPERTIES LP $3,300
- PATRIOT PRODUCTS LLC $3,300
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Actions (3)
- Jun 13, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. · house
- Jun 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Jun 11, 2025 Introduced in House
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Water Quality Standards Attainability Act”.
SEC. 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.”. <all>
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