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Adds a new paragraph (10) to subsection (a) requiring that any new or revised water quality criteria under paragraph (1) or (9) be issued by rule, effective after the date of enactment.
Amends subsection (b)(1) by striking the phrase "section 402, and" and inserting "section 402,"; the text also indicates an additional insertion after (text not provided in the section as supplied).
Requires that any new or revised water quality criteria under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act be established through formal notice-and-comment rulemaking rather than issued by other, nonrule processes. Also amends the Act’s judicial review language to change how and where challenges to those actions are reviewed. The bill does not specify funding or an effective date in the provided text.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced June 10, 2025 by Burgess Owens · Last progress June 10, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House