Sec. 256. Environmental Protection Agency innovative stormwater control infrastructure promotion
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The Administrator shall ensure that the Office of Water, the Office of Enforcement and Compliance, the Office of Research and Development, and the Office of Policy of the Environmental Protection Agency promote the use of innovative stormwater control infrastructure in and coordinate the integration of innovative stormwater control infrastructure into permitting programs, planning efforts, research, technical assistance, and funding guidance. The Administrator shall ensure that the Office of Water— promotes the use of innovative stormwater control infrastructure in the programs of the Environmental Protection Agency; supports establishing public-private partnerships and other innovative financing mechanisms in the implementation of innovative stormwater control infrastructure; and coordinates efforts to increase the use of innovative stormwater control infrastructure with— other Federal departments and agencies;
State, tribal, and local governments; and the private sector. The Administrator shall direct each regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency, as appropriate based on local factors, to promote and integrate the use of innovative stormwater control infrastructure within the region that includes— a plan for monitoring, financing, mapping, and designing the innovative stormwater control infrastructure; outreach and training regarding innovative stormwater control infrastructure implementation for State, tribal, and local governments, tribal communities, and the private sector; and the incorporation of innovative stormwater control infrastructure into permitting and other regulatory programs, codes, and ordinance development, including the requirements under consent decrees and settlement agreements in enforcement actions.
The Administrator shall promote innovative stormwater control infrastructure information-sharing, including through an Internet website, to share information with, and provide technical assistance to, State, tribal, and local governments, tribal communities, the private sector, and the public regarding innovative stormwater control infrastructure approaches for— reducing water pollution; protecting water resources; complying with regulatory requirements; and achieving other environmental, public health, and community goals.
The Administrator, in collaboration with State, tribal, and local water resource managers, shall establish voluntary measurable goals, to be known as the innovative stormwater control infrastructure portfolio standard , to increase the percentage of annual water managed by eligible entities that use innovative stormwater control infrastructure.