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Home My WebLink AboutItem 3 PPP 11-04-19 LaPA Committee - Federal UpdateORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT LAPA UPDATE Presented By: Eric Sapirstein ENS Resources, Inc. November 4, 2019 Key Legislative Activities FY 2020 APPROPRIATIONS STATUS •Senate Nears Passage of USEPA Spending Bill •Action on Energy and Water Development Bill (water recycling) Next Up •Impeachment Process and Senate Trial Poses Challenges EXTENDED NPDES PERMIT TERMS and WOTUS PFAS/PFOA: National Defense Authorization Act •House and Senate Superfund Designation of Chemicals Failing •Action Increasingly Likely Next Year •Look for Stand-Alone Legislation or as Part of WRDA/Water Infrastructure Bill •House Committee Approves SRF Reauthorization with Extended Permits Terms •Impact to Five Year Permits Significant; Strident Stakeholder Opposition and Senate Opposition •Garamendi working with Chair to Remedy 5 Year Permit Issue/No Final Action until 2020 •WOTUS Repeal Final and No Impacts to OCSD Operations Questions