Sec. 1604. Stormwater best management practices
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator shall seek to enter into an agreement with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences to under which the Transportation Research Board shall conduct a study— to estimate pollutant loads from stormwater runoff from highways and pedestrian facilities eligible for assistance under title 23, United States Code, to inform the development of appropriate total maximum daily load requirements; to provide recommendations (including recommended revisions to existing laws and regulations) regarding the evaluation and selection by State departments of transportation of potential stormwater management and total maximum daily load compliance strategies within a watershed, including environmental restoration and pollution abatement carried out under section 328 of title 23, United States Code; to examine the potential for the Secretary to assist State departments of transportation in carrying out and communicating stormwater management practices for highways and pedestrian facilities that are eligible for assistance under title 23, United States Code, through information-sharing agreements, database assistance, or an administrative platform to provide the information described in subparagraphs
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(B)to entities issued permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and to examine the benefit of concentrating stormwater retrofits in impaired watersheds and selecting such retrofits according to a process that depends on a watershed management plan developed in accordance with section 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1329 ). In conducting the study under the agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (1), the Transportation Research Board shall— review and supplement, as appropriate, the methodologies examined and recommended in the 2019 report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine titled Approaches for Determining and Complying with TMDL Requirements Related to Roadway Stormwater Runoff ; consult with— the Secretary of Transportation; the Secretary of Agriculture; the Administrator; the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers; and State departments of Transportation; and solicit input from— stakeholders with experience in implementing stormwater management practices for projects; and educational and technical stormwater management groups. In carrying out the agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (1), not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Transportation Research Board shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report describing the results of the study. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall update and reissue the best management practices reports to reflect new information and advancements in stormwater management. Not less frequently than once every 5 years after the date on which the Secretary reissues the best management practices reports under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall update and reissue the best management practices reports, unless the contents of the best management practices reports have been incorporated (including by reference) into applicable regulations of the Secretary. In this section: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term best management practices reports means— the 2014 report sponsored by the Department of Transportation titled Determining the State of the Practice in Data Collection and Performance Measurement of Stormwater Best Management Practices (FHWA–HEP–16–021); and the 2000 report sponsored by the Department of Transportation titled Stormwater Best Management Practices in an Ultra-Urban Setting: Selection and Monitoring . The term total maximum daily load has the meaning given such term in section 130.2 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
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