To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permitting terms, and for other purposes.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1881 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permitting terms, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 12, 2021 Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself and Mr. CALVERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permitting terms, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMI- 3 NATION SYSTEM (NPDES) TERMS. 4 Section 402(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution 5 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(b)(1)(B)) is amended to read 6 as follows: 7 ‘‘(B) are for fixed terms— 8 ‘‘(i) not exceeding 10 years, for a permit 9 issued to a State or municipality; and 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:58 May 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1881.IH H1881 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1881 IH ‘‘(ii) not exceeding 5 years, for a permit 1 issued to any person not described in clause (i); 2 and’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:58 May 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1881.IH H1881 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS