Department of Defense PFAS Discharge Prevention Act
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1Short title
This section would allow the Act to be referred to as the Department of Defense PFAS Discharge Prevention Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Defense PFAS Discharge Prevention Act .
2Stormwater discharge permits and testing at Department of Defense facilities
This section would require the Secretary of Defense, no later than one year after the date this Act becomes law, to request a modification to each permit issued under section 402(p) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (the Clean Water Act) that applies to a Department of Defense facility. The Secretary would send that request to whichever authority issued the permit, either the state or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The requested modification would have to add two things to the permit: monitoring of discharges of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) no less often than quarterly, and implementation of appropriate best management practices or control technologies to reduce those discharges, consistent with the requirements of the Clean Water Act. The Secretary of Defense would not have to request a modification for a given permit if that permit already contains both the quarterly PFAS monitoring requirement and the best-management-practices or control-technology requirement described above. In addition, of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary of Defense in each fiscal year for efforts to remediate perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, at least one percent would have to be obligated or spent every year to carry out the monitoring and discharge-reduction activities described above.
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2. 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 (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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