3.0.0 937 2023-01-11T13:19:21Z 2023-01-11T13:19:21Z Senate S S 2009-04-30 111 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2010-04-20T22:26:37Z Markup by 2009-06-18T14:01:23Z Referred to 2009-04-30T19:02:20Z S. Rept. 111-172 Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act 111 753 HR 2009-01-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2010-04-20 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 355. Calendars 2010-04-20 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 111-172. Minority views filed. Committee 2010-04-20 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 111-172. Minority views filed. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee 2009-06-18 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2009-04-30 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2009-04-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-04-30 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2009-04-30 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-06-17 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-06-17 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2010-04-20 False 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z S. 937, Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/20904 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on June 18, 2009</p> 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z S. 937, Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20904 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on June 18, 2009 Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Environmental regulatory procedures Environmental technology Government information and archives Solid waste and recycling Water quality Environmental Protection 00 2009-04-30 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-22T18:10:10Z 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 promulgate 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.

]]> 80 2010-04-20 Reported to Senate without amendment 2010-08-07T15:50:32Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

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 within 24 hours after receiving knowledge of such an overflow in an area where human health is potentially affected; (3) notify public health authorities and other affected entities immediately after receiving knowledge of an overflow that may imminently and substantially endanger human health; (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, respectively, for backups into single-family residences and overflows that occur in the course of treatment works maintenance.

Requires annual summary reports by states to the Administrator.

Defines "sanitary sewer overflow" to mean an overflow, spill, release, or diversion of wastewater from a sanitary sewer system: (1) including wastewater backups into buildings that are caused by blockages or flow conditions in a sanitary sewer other than a building lateral; and (2) excluding municipal combined sewer overflows or other discharges from the combined portion of a municipal combined storm and sanitary sewer system and wastewater backups into buildings caused by a blockage or other malfunction of a building lateral that is privately owned.

Defines "sewer overflow" to mean a sanitary sewer overflow or a municipal combined sewer overflow.

Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations, including to establish overflow assessment guidance and develop communications measures to provide notification under this Act. Provides procedures for review and approval of state notification programs after issuance of such regulations.

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

Provides that this Act does not limit a state's ability to implement or enforce a more stringent monitoring or notification standard than the applicable standard under the Clean Water Act.

]]> Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act Display Title Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act S Senate Reported to Senate 2010-04-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s937rs/xml/BILLS-111s937rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2009-04-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s937is/xml/BILLS-111s937is.xml 2010-04-20 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 355. 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.