3.0.0 870 2019-02-20T23:05:16Z 2019-02-24T02:24:47Z Senate S S 2011-05-03 112 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-05-03T16:43:11Z 2011-05-03 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2011-05-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2623-2624) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N Environmental Protection Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Marine pollution Oil and gas Pollution liability Water quality Environmental Protection

00 2011-05-03 Introduced in Senate 2011-07-22T13:07:41Z Pollution Accountability Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to subject the owner, operator, or person in charge of any vessel, onshore facility, or offshore facility from which oil or a hazardous substance is discharged in violation of such Act: (1) to a civil penalty of the higher of the currently prescribed amounts (i.e., up to $25,000 per day of violation or up to $1,000 per barrel of oil or unit of reportable quantity of hazardous substances discharged), and (2) in any case in which such violation was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct, to a civil penalty of the higher of the currently prescribed amounts (i.e., not less than $100,000, and not more than $3,000 per barrel of oil or unit of reportable quantity of hazardous substance discharged).

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