S.Amdt. 1552

1. Adds SEC. ____. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY RUNOFF POLLUTION MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM on page 469, line 22

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   Inserted: SEC. ____. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY RUNOFF POLLUTION MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code (as amended by section 1511) is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "Sec. 331. Federal-aid highway runoff pollution management pilot program

   Inserted: "(a) Establishment.--

   Inserted: "(1) In general.--In cooperation with selected State and regional governments, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program to develop programs designed to prevent, control, and treat polluted stormwater runoff discharges from federally funded highways and roads.

   Inserted: "(2) Purpose.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the 'Administrator'), shall select 3 States or regions to develop cost-effective programs to control and reduce the discharge of polluted highway stormwater runoff into adjacent and receiving waters proximate to highway facilities in accordance with subsection (b).

   Inserted: "(b) Highway Stormwater Control Pilot Programs.--

   Inserted: "(1) In general.--Each State and region participating in the pilot program developed under this section shall, in coordination with the Secretary, develop a program of control measures for the operating condition of a covered project to maintain or restore, to the maximum extent technically feasible, water quality as required under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) with respect to the temperature, rate, chemical composition, volume, and duration of flow for water within the same 8-digit hydrological unit code as the covered project.

   Inserted: "(2) Covered projects in impaired watersheds.--Any covered project carried out within a watershed that contains an impaired water listed under section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1313(d)) shall be in accordance with the load or wasteload allocation requirements established by the applicable State or the Administrator.

   Inserted: "(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the MAP-21, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that describes--

   Inserted: "(1) the highway runoff pollution reductions achieved for each covered project;

   Inserted: "(2) the costs to the participating State and regional departments of transportation associated with carrying out the pilot program;

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   Inserted: "(3) the impact of the pilot program on--

   Inserted: "(A) the operation and maintenance costs for water infrastructure and water treatment of the applicable State and regional clean water and drinking authority; and

   Inserted: "(B) the ability of the applicable State and regional clean water and drinking authority to meet permit requirements; and

   Inserted: "(4) the water quality improvements attributable to the pilot program.

   Inserted: "(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary.".

   Inserted: (b) Technical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code (as amended by section 1511) is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "331. Federal-aid highway runoff pollution management pilot program.".

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   On page 469, after line 22, add the following:

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