3.0.0 753 2022-02-03T06:05:35Z 2022-02-03T06:05:35Z House H HR 2009-01-28 111 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2009-01-29T16:28:08Z Referred to 2009-01-28T15:06:40Z Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act 111 937 S 2010-04-20 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 355. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2009-01-29 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2009-01-28 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2009-01-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001242 Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] Timothy Bishop D NY H. 1 N L000554 Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] FRANK LOBIONDO R NJ A. 2 2009-01-28 True W000792 Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] ANTHONY WEINER D NY D. 9 2009-02-24 False E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 17 2009-02-24 False D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 2009-02-24 False H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 2009-02-24 False C001060 Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3] Russ Carnahan D MO 3 2009-02-24 False B001245 Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] Madeleine Bordallo D GU Z. 0 2009-02-24 False R000576 Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] C. A. Ruppersberger D MD Dutch 2 2009-02-24 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2009-02-24 False N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] JERROLD NADLER D NY 8 2009-02-24 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2009-02-24 False M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 2009-03-03 False L000480 Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NITA LOWEY D NY M. 18 2009-03-03 False H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2009-03-03 False S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] CHRISTOPHER SMITH R NJ H. 4 2009-03-03 False M001169 Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 5 2009-03-03 False K000366 Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22] Ron Klein D FL 22 2009-03-03 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2009-03-03 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2009-03-12 False S001169 Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 2009-03-12 False M001174 Rep. McMahon, Michael E. [D-NY-13] Michael McMahon D NY E. 13 2009-03-12 False H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2009-03-12 False C001069 Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] Joe Courtney D CT 2 2009-04-01 False L000263 Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12] SANDER LEVIN D MI M. 12 2009-06-23 False Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Emergency communications systems Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Intergovernmental relations Solid waste and recycling State and local finance State and local government operations Water quality Environmental Protection 00 2009-01-28 Introduced in House 2009-04-20T18:17:29Z Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require owners or operators of publicly owned treatment works to: (1) institute monitoring systems to provide timely alerts of sewer overflows; (2) notify the public, not later than 24 hours after receiving knowledge, of such overflows in areas where human health is potentially affected; (3) notify public health authorities and other affected entities, in the case of an overflow that may imminently and substantially endanger human health, immediately after the owner or operator knows of the overflow; (4) report each overflow on discharge monitoring reports to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the state; and (5) annually report to the Administrator or the state on the total number of overflows in a calendar year.

Makes specified exceptions to notification and reporting requirements for backups into single-family residences and for overflows that occur in the course of treatment works maintenance, respectively.

Requires annual summary reports by states to the Administrator.

Requires the Administrator to issue regulations, including to establish overflow assessment guidance and develop communications measures to provide notification under this Act.

Makes the monitoring systems eligible for state water pollution control revolving fund assistance.

]]> Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act Short Titles as Introduced Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act Display Title Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that publicly owned treatment works monitor for and report sewer overflows, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2009-01-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr753ih/xml/BILLS-111hr753ih.xml 2009-01-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.