S.Amdt. 2086

SA 2086. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title III, insert the
following:

SEC. 3__. STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS AND TESTING AT
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES.

(a) Request for Modification.--Except as provided in
subsection (b), not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, with
respect to each permit under section 402(p) of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(p)) that applies
to a facility of the Department of Defense, request from the
State that issued the permit, or the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, as applicable, a
modification to such permit to require--
(1) monitoring of discharges of perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances not less frequently than
quarterly; and

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(2) implementation of appropriate best management practices
or control technologies to reduce such discharges consistent
with the requirements of such Act.
(b) Exceptions.--The Secretary of Defense is not required
to request a modification to a permit under subsection (a) if
such permit contains the elements specified under paragraphs
(1) and (2) of such subsection.
(c) Funding for Monitoring and Reduction of Discharges.--Of
the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Secretary of Defense in each fiscal year for
remediation efforts relating to perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances, not less than one percent shall
be obligated or expended annually to carry out activities
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a).
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