H.R. 3897

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3897 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3897

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the 
scope of permits, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 11, 2025

Mr. Taylor introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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A BILL

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the 
scope of permits, 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 ``Confidence in Clean Water Permits 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONFIDENCE IN CLEAN WATER PERMITS.

(a) Compliance With Permits.--Section 402(k) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(k)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(k) Compliance with'' and inserting the 
following:
``(k) Compliance With Permits.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), compliance 
with''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Scope.--For purposes of paragraph (1), compliance 
with the conditions of a permit issued under this section shall 
be considered compliance with respect to a discharge of--
``(A) any pollutant for which an effluent 
limitation is included in the permit; and
``(B) any pollutant for which an effluent 
limitation is not included in the permit that is--
``(i) specifically identified as controlled 
or monitored through indicator parameters in 
the permit, the fact sheet for the permit, or 
the administrative record relating to the 
permit;
``(ii) specifically identified during the 
permit application process as present in 
discharges to which the permit will apply; or
``(iii) whether or not specifically 
identified in the permit or during the permit 
application process--
``(I) present in any waste streams 
or processes of the point source to 
which the permit applies, which waste 
streams or processes are specifically 
identified during the permit 
application process; or
``(II) otherwise within the scope 
of any operations of the point source 
to which the permit applies, which 
scope of operations is specifically 
identified during the permit 
application process.''.
(b) Technical Corrections.--Section 402(l)(3) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(l)(3)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) by striking ``section 402'' and inserting 
``this section''; and
(B) by striking ``federal'' and inserting 
``Federal''; and
(2) in subparagraph (C)--
(A) by striking ``Section'' and inserting 
``section'';
(B) by striking ``402(p)(6)'' and inserting 
``subsection (p)(6)'';
(C) by striking ``402(l)(3)(A),'' and inserting 
``subparagraph (A),''; and
(D) by striking ``402(l)(3)(A).'' and inserting 
``such subparagraph.''.
(c) Expression of Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations.--
Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(t) Expression of Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations.--If 
the Administrator (or a State, in the case of a permit program approved 
by the Administrator) determines that a water quality-based limitation 
on a discharge of a pollutant is necessary to include in a permit under 
this section in addition to any appropriate technology-based effluent 
limitations included in such permit, the Administrator (or the State) 
may include such water quality-based limitation in such permit only in 
the form of a limitation that--
``(1) specifies the pollutant to which it applies; and
``(2) clearly describes the manner in which compliance with 
the limitation may be achieved, which shall include--
``(A) a numerical limit on the discharge of such 
pollutant; or
``(B) a narrative description of required actions 
(including any measures or practices required to be 
applied).''.
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