Sec. 6. Limitations on authority to modify State water quality standards
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Section 303(c)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1313(c)(4) ) is amended— by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)as clauses
(i)and (ii), respectively; by striking
(4)and inserting (4)(A) ; by striking The Administrator shall promulgate and inserting the following: The Administrator shall promulgate; and by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)(ii), the Administrator may not promulgate a revised or new standard for a pollutant in any case in which the State has submitted to the Administrator and the Administrator has approved a water quality standard for that pollutant, unless the State concurs with the Administrator's determination that the revised or new standard is necessary to meet the requirements of this Act. . Section 401(a) of such Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1341(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: With respect to any discharge, if a State or interstate agency having jurisdiction over the navigable waters at the point where the discharge originates or will originate determines under paragraph
(1)that the discharge will comply with the applicable provisions of sections 301, 302, 303, 306, and 307, the Administrator may not take any action to supersede the determination. .
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