HR 1581 · 103th Congress · Environmental Protection
Stormwater Discharge Improvement and Pollution Prevention Act of 1993
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EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.(1993-04-15)
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Stormwater Discharge Improvement and Pollution Prevention Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue regulations modifying stormwater discharge permit requirements to: (1) provide that a person issued a permit for discharges composed entirely of stormwater will have satisfied treatment requirements if institutional and nonstructural source controls of pollutants are implemented under an approved pollution prevention plan; (2) exempt a facility from all permitting requirements for discharges composed entirely of stormwater if the facility is insignificant in size, the discharges will have a minimal environmental impact, or mitigation efforts are being implemented to prevent pollutants from entering the discharges; and (3) make existing permits and permit applications for discharges composed entirely of stormwater conform to modified requirements. Prohibits thhe Administrator or a State from: (1) requiring or enforcing a permit for discharges composed entirely of stormwater before the effective date of regulations under this Act; and (2) issuing or enforcing a permit which requires the treat…
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