,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ai1 #bjai,mr4 
,moulton 7for himself and ,mrs4 ,trahan7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,water   
,pollution ,control ,act to ensure that 
publicly owned treatment works monitor  
for and report sewer overflows1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,sewage        
,treatment ,overflow ,prevention through
 ,community ,sanitation ,outreach ,act  
of #bjai or the ,,stop ,,cso ,act of    
#bjai4  #b4 ,monitoring1 reporting1 and 
public notification of sewer overflows  
7a7 ,sewer overflow and stormwater reuse
 municipal grants ,section #bba7;a7 of  
the ,federal ,water ,pollution ,control 
,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acja7;a77 is       
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#c7 ,use of funds ,a ,state
 may use funding provided by a grant    

under this subsection for monitoring1   
reporting1 and notification required    
under section #djb7t74  4  7b7 ,national
 pollutant discharge elimination system 
,section #djb of the ,federal ,water    
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#acdb7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7b77#b77;,b71 by inserting this section 
and after required in2 and  7#b7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7t7   
,sewer ,overflow ,monitoring1           
,reporting1 and ,notifications  7#a7    
,general requirements ,after the last   
day of the #ahj-;day period beginning on
 the date on which regulations are      
issued under paragraph 7#d71 a permit   
issued1 renewed1 or modified under this 
section by the ,administrator 7or a     
,state1 in the case of a permit program 
approved by the ,administrator7 for a   
publicly owned treatment works shall    
require the owner or operator of the    
treatment works to--  7,a7 institute and
 utilize a feasible methodology1        
technology1 or management program for   

monitoring sewer overflows to alert the 
owner or operator to the occurrence of a
 sewer overflow in a timely manner2     
7,b7 in the case of a sewer overflow    
that has the potential to affect human  
health1 notify the public of the        
overflow as soon as practicable1 but in 
no case more than #d hours1 after the   
time the owner or operator knows of the 
overflow2  7,c7 in the case of a sewer  
overflow that may imminently and        
substantially endanger human health1    
notify public health authorities and    
other affected entities1 such as public 
water systems1 of the overflow          
immediately after the owner or operator 
knows of the overflow2 and  7,d7 report 
each sewer overflow to the              
,administrator 7or the ,state71         
describing-- 7i7 the magnitude1         
duration1 and suspected cause of the    
overflow2  7ii7 the steps taken or      
planned to reduce1 eliminate1 or prevent
 a recurrence of the overflow2 and      
7iii7 the steps taken or planned to     

mitigate the adverse effects of the     
overflow4  7#b7 ,exception ,the         
reporting requirements of paragraph     
7#a77;,d7 shall not apply to a sewer    
overflow that is a release of wastewater
 that occurs in the course of           
maintenance of a treatment works1 is    
managed consistently with best          
management practices for treatment      
works1 and is intended to prevent sewer 
overflows4  7#c7 ,annual report ,in the 
case of a permit program approved by the
 ,administrator1 the ,state shall submit
 to the ,administrator an annual report 
describing sewer overflows reported to  
the ,state under paragraph 7#a77;,d74   
7#d7 ,rulemaking ,not later than one    
year after the date of enactment of this
 subsection1 the ,administrator shall   
issue regulations to implement this     
subsection1 including regulations to--  
7,a7 establish a set of criteria to     
guide the owner or operator of a        
publicly owned treatment works in-- 7i7 
assessing whether a sewer overflow has  

the potential to affect human health or 
may imminently and substantially        
endanger human health2 and  7ii7        
developing communication measures that  
are sufficient to give notice under     
paragraphs 7#a77;,b7 and 7#a77;,c72 and 
7,b7 define the terms feasible and      
timely as such terms apply to paragraph 
7#a77;,a71 which definitions shall      
include consideration of site-specific  
conditions4  7#e7 ,special rules        
concerning application of notification  
requirements ,after the last day of the 
#cj-;day period beginning on the date on
 which the ,administrator issues        
regulations under paragraph 7#d71 the   
requirements of paragraphs 7#a77;,b7 and
 7#a77;,c7 shall apply to the owner or  
operator of a publicly owned treatment  
works until such date as a permit is    
issued1 renewed1 or modified under this 
section in accordance with paragraph    
7#a74  7#f7 ,statutory ,construction    
,nothing in this subsection applies to a
 wastewater backup that will not result 

in a discharge into waters of the       
,united ,states4  7#g7 ,definition of   
sewer overflow ,in this subsection1 the 
term sewer overflow means a sanitary    
sewer overflow or a municipal combined  
sewer overflow4  4  #c4 ,eligibility for
 assistance ,section #fjc7;c7 of the    
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #achc7;c77 is amended-- 
7#a7 in paragraph 7#aa77;,b71 by        
striking 2 and and inserting a          
semicolon2  7#b7 in paragraph           
7#ab77;,b71 by striking the period and  
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#ac7 for the   
implementation of monitoring for sewer  
overflows required under section        
#djb7t74  4