3.0.0 2674 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z Senate S S 2014-07-28 113 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-07-28T23:03:44Z Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2014 113 5216 HR 2014-07-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Identical bill CRS 2014-07-28 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2014-07-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2014-07-28 True W000818 Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] John Walsh D MT E. 2014-07-28 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2014-07-28 True Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Executive agency funding and structure Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Idaho Lakes and rivers Montana Oregon Pacific Ocean Washington State Water quality Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Environmental Protection 00 2014-07-28 Introduced in Senate 2014-12-29T21:44:44Z Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program to reduce toxic contamination and clean up contaminated sites. Requires the program to be collaborative and stakeholder-based.

Requires the EPA to: (1) assess trends in water quality and toxic contamination or toxics reduction; (2) collect, characterize and assess data on toxics and water quality to identify possible causes of environmental problems; (3) update the Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Plan (Action Plan) and the Estuary Partnership Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (Estuary Plan) and ensure that the plans form a coherent toxic contamination reduction strategy; and (4) provide technical assistance in implementing and updating the Action Plan.

Directs the EPA to establish a Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Working Group to: (1) participate in developing updates to the Action Plan, (2) recommend and prioritize projects and actions for the Action Plan, and (3) review progress made.

Requires the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership to perform those duties and fulfill those responsibilities of the Working Group relating to the Lower Columbia River Estuary.

Requires the EPA to establish a Columbia River Basin toxics grant program to provide funding to develop or implement projects to implement the Action Plan and the Estuary Plan.

]]> Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2014 Display Title Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish within the Environmental Protection Agency a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2674is/xml/BILLS-113s2674is.xml 2014-07-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.