Bill > HR3934

This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify how states review water quality standards, with a particular focus on bodies of water that receive discharges from municipal combined storm and sanitary sewers. Specifically, the bill requires state governors to review water quality standards for these water bodies, ensuring that combined sewer overflow controls are cost-effective. The bill introduces new considerations for water quality standards reviews, including examining the cost and commercial availability of treatment technologies that would be needed to comply with these standards. Additionally, the bill mandates that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, when developing water quality criteria, must take into account the cost and commercial availability of treatment technologies for point sources (specific, identifiable sources of pollution). These changes aim to make water quality standard reviews more pragmatic by incorporating economic and technological feasibility into the assessment process, potentially providing relief to municipalities and industries that must meet these standards.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3934/all-info