,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aa1 #bjbe,mr4 
,taylor introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,water   
,pollution ,control ,act with respect to
 the scope of permits1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,confidence in      
,clean ,water ,permits ,act4  #b4       
,confidence in clean water permits  7a7 
,compliance with permits ,section       
#djb7k7 of the ,federal ,water          
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#acdb7k77 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking 
7k7 ,compliance with and inserting the  
following3  7k7 ,compliance with permits
  7#a7 ,in general ,subject to paragraph
 7#b71 compliance with  2 and  7#b7 by  
adding at the end the following3  7#b7  
,scope ,for purposes of paragraph 7#a71 
compliance with the conditions of a     
permit issued under this section shall  

be considered compliance with respect to
 a discharge of-- 7,a7 any pollutant for
 which an effluent limitation is        
included in the permit2 and  7,b7 any   
pollutant for which an effluent         
limitation is not included in the permit
 that is-- 7i7 specifically identified  
as controlled or monitored through      
indicator parameters in the permit1 the 
fact sheet for the permit1 or the       
administrative record relating to the   
permit2  7ii7 specifically identified   
during the permit application process as
 present in discharges to which the     
permit will apply2 or  7iii7 whether or 
not specifically identified in the      
permit or during the permit application 
process--  7,i7 present in any waste    
streams or processes of the point source
 to which the permit applies1 which     
waste streams or processes are          
specifically identified during the      
permit application process2 or  7,,ii7  
otherwise within the scope of any       
operations of the point source to which 

the permit applies1 which scope of      
operations is specifically identified   
during the permit application process4  
4  7b7 ,technical corrections ,section  
#djb7l77#c7 of the ,federal ,water      
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#acdb7l77#c77 is amended-- 7#a7 in      
subparagraph 7,b7--  7,a7 by striking   
section #djb and inserting this section2
 and  7,b7 by striking federal and      
inserting ,federal2 and  7#b7 in        
subparagraph 7,c7-- 7,a7 by striking    
,section and inserting section2  7,b7 by
 striking #djb7p77#f7 and inserting     
subsection 7p77#f72  7,c7 by striking   
#djb7l77#c77;,a71 and inserting         
subparagraph 7,a712 and  7,d7 by        
striking #djb7l77#c77;,a74 and inserting
 such subparagraph44  7c7 ,expression of
 water quality-,based effluent          
limitations ,section #djb of the        
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdb7 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7t7   
,expression of water quality-,based     

effluent limitations  ,if the           
,administrator 7or a ,state1 in the case
 of a permit program approved by the    
,administrator7 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 permit1 the            
,administrator 7or the ,state7 may      
include such water quality-based        
limitation in such permit only in the   
form of a limitation that--  7#a7       
specifies the pollutant to which it     
applies2 and  7#b7 clearly describes the
 manner in which compliance with the    
limitation may be achieved1 which shall 
include--  7,a7 a numerical limit on the
 discharge of such pollutant2 or  7,b7 a
 narrative description of required      
actions 7including any measures or      
practices required to be applied74  4