3.0.0 1480 2020-02-14T19:19:51Z 2020-02-14T19:19:51Z House H HR 2011-04-12 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GUINTA:H.R. 1480.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Commerce Clause: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of theConstitutionTo regulate Commerce with foreign nations and among theseveral states and with the Indian Tribes.[Page H2604]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2011-04-13T18:13:19Z Referred to 2011-04-12T16:03:05Z 2011-04-13 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2011-04-12 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2011-04-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-04-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000570 Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1] Frank Guinta R NH C. 1 N Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Aquatic ecology Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution New Hampshire Water quality Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Environmental Protection 00 2011-04-12 Introduced in House 2011-06-27T22:15:04Z Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for five years, from: (1) requiring a publicly owned treatment works that contributes nitrogen loadings to the Great Bay Estuary to commence construction on any upgrade of a facility for the purpose of enforcing water quality standards or effluent limitations with regard to nitrogen under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act); or (2) establishing any water quality standard or effluent limitation with regard to nitrogen in the such Estuary under such Act.

Requires the Administrator to study eelgrass levels, and the causes of any loss of eelgrass habitat, in such Estuary.

Defines "Great Bay Estuary" to mean the estuarine zone that extends from the mouth of Portsmouth Harbor, in the vicinity of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to the head-of-tide for the eight rivers (including the tributaries of those rivers) that flow into Great Bay, Little Bay, and the Piscataqua River.

]]> To delay enforcement and establishment of certain water quality standards within the Great Bay Estuary, and for other purposes. Display Title To delay enforcement and establishment of certain water quality standards within the Great Bay Estuary, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To delay enforcement and establishment of certain water quality standards within the Great Bay Estuary, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2011-04-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr1480ih/xml/BILLS-112hr1480ih.xml 2011-04-13 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.