§4370j — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

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Creates an Office of the Municipal Ombudsman inside the Administrator’s office. A Municipal Ombudsman is the person who leads that office. The Ombudsman must give technical help to cities and towns trying to follow the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and must tell the Administrator information needed so EPA offices, including regional offices, carry out agency policies the same way. The Ombudsman must work with EPA headquarters and regional offices to make sure a municipality gets information on federal money it can use, the flexibilities in the Act, and the chance to make an integrated plan under section 402(s). The Ombudsman must post on the EPA website general info about the help, funding, flexibilities, and integrated-plan resources, plus any permit, order, or court consent decree that puts an integrated plan into effect.

Title 42, §4370j

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(a)There is established within the Office of the Administrator an Office of the Municipal Ombudsman, to be headed by a Municipal Ombudsman.

(b)The duties of the Municipal Ombudsman shall include the provision of—

(1)technical assistance to municipalities seeking to comply with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.]; and

(2)information to the Administrator to help the Administrator ensure that agency policies are implemented by all offices of the Environmental Protection Agency, including regional offices.

(c)The Municipal Ombudsman shall work with appropriate offices at the headquarters and regional offices of the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that a municipality seeking assistance is provided information regarding—

(1)available Federal financial assistance for which the municipality is eligible;

(2)flexibility available under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and

(3)the opportunity to develop an integrated plan under section 402(s) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1342(s)].

(d)The Municipal Ombudsman shall publish on the website of the Environmental Protection Agency—

(1)general information relating to—

(A)the technical assistance referred to in subsection (b)(1);

(B)the financial assistance referred to in subsection (c)(1);

(C)the flexibility referred to in subsection (c)(2); and

(D)any resources developed by the Administrator related to integrated plans under section 402(s) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1342(s)]; and

(2)a copy of each permit, order, or judicial consent decree that implements or incorporates such an integrated plan.

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The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§ 1251 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1251 of Title 33 and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act, and not as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 which comprises this chapter.

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Definitions Pub. L. 115–436, § 2, Jan. 14, 2019, 132 Stat. 5558, provided that: “In this Act [see

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of 2019 Amendment note set out under section 1251 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters]: “(1) Administrator.—The term ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. “(2) Municipality.—The term ‘municipality’ has the meaning given that term in section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362).”

§4370j Municipal Ombudsman

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Title 42, §4370j

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