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1 SEC. 3. WATER QUALITY CRITERIA AND STANDARDS. 



2 (a) Issuance of Criteria. — Section 304(a) of the 



3 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1314(a)) 



4 is amended by adding at the end the following: 



5 "(9) Coastal recreation waters. — (A) The 



6 Administrator, after consultation with appropriate 



7 Federal and State agencies and other interested per- 



8 sons, shall issue within 18 months after the effective 



9 date of this paragraph (and review and revise from 



10 time to time thereafter) water quality criteria for 



1 1 pathogens in coastal recreation waters. Such criteria 



12 shall— 



13 "(i) be based on the best available sci- 



14 entific information; 



15 "(ii) be sufficient to protect public health 



16 and safety in case of any reasonably anticipated 



17 exposure to pollutants as a result of swimming, 



18 bathing, or other body contact activities; and 



19 "(iii) include specific numeric criteria cal- 



20 culated to reflect public health risks from short- 



21 term increases in pathogens in coastal recre- 



22 ation waters resulting from rainfall, malfunc- 



23 tions of wastewater treatment works, and other 



24 causes. 



25 "(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term 



26 'coastal recreation waters' means Great Lakes and 



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