PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2691
(Reference to the proposed Griffin s/e amendment dated 01/29/21; 4:41 p.m.)
Page 6, strike line 12, insert "a surface water that consists of a point source"
Line 13, after "discharge" insert "without which the surface water would be ephemeral"
Page 8, line 8, strike "flows" insert "is present"
Page 10, line 13, strike "flows" insert "is present"
Page 12, between lines 2 and 3, insert:
"40. "Recharge project" means a facility necessary or CONVENIENT to obtain, divert, withdraw, transport, exchange, deliver, treat or store water to infiltrate or reintroduce that water into the ground."
Renumber to conform
Page 13, line 22, strike the second "waters of the"
Line 23, strike "united states" insert "navigable waters"
Page 20, line 16, after the first "to" insert "point source"
Line 18, strike "water" insert "waters"
Page 35, line 1, after the second comma strike remainder of line
Strike lines 2 and 3
Line 4, strike "applicable surface water quality standard and,"
Line 10, strike the second "and"
Strike lines 11 and 12, insert a period
Page 37, line 4, after "2022" insert "and at least once every five years thereafter"
Page 39, line 1, strike "a navigable water protected surface waters" insert "a navigable water"
Page 40, lines 12, 26 and 29, strike "protected surface waters" insert "WOTUS"
Line 31, strike "protected surface"
Line 32, strike "waters" insert "WOTUS"
Page 41, line 4, strike "protected surface waters" insert "WOTUS"
Page 42, lines 5 and 10, strike "protected surface waters" insert "WOTUS"
Page 43, line 28, after the period strike remainder of line
Strike lines 29 through 32
Page 44, line 1, strike "allocations. The department shall" insert "if the DEPARTMENT chooses to prepare a draft estimate for a non-WOTUS impaired water, the department shall do all of the following:
(a) Determine draft allocations among CONTRIBUTING sources that are sufficient to achieve total loadings.
(b) Provide public notice and allow for comment on the draft estimates and draft allocations.
(c) Prepare written responses to comments received on the draft estimates and draft allocations.
(d)"
Page 56, line 16, after "program" insert "for discharges to WOTUS"
Line 27, after "director" insert "under subsection B of this section"
Page 61, strike lines 31 and 32, insert:
"1. Except as applied to discharges from PUBLICLY owned treatment works, requirements specific to new sources or new dischargers under the clean water act."
Page 62, line 6, after "metal" insert "solely"
Line 9, after "for" insert "point source"
Line 12, after "act" insert ", shall provide for issuing, authorizing, denying, modifying, suspending or revoking individual or general permits and shall ESTABLISH permit conditions to carry out the permit program established by this section"
Page 62, line 31, strike "directly discharge to" insert "materially impact downstream"; after the period insert "The director shall determine through rulemaking what CONSTITUTES a material impact and that rulemaking shall be based on factors that include distance and topography."
Page 74, line 16, after the period insert "a county may not regulate any ACTIVITY under this section that does not discharge to a protected surface water."
Amend title to conform