110 HR 1564 IH: National Estuary Protection Act U.S. House of Representatives 2007-03-19 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1564 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 2007 Mr. Bishop of New York (for himself, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Baird, Mr. Payne, Ms. Shea-Porter, and Mr. Courtney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide additional protection to estuaries of national significance.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Estuary Protection Act.

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Estuary of national significance

Section 101(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251(a)) is amended— (1)by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8) respectively; and (2)inserting the following after paragraph (5): (6)it is the national policy that given the environmental risk that a floating storage regasification unit poses to an estuary, the construction or use of such a unit in an estuary of national significance be prohibited..

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National estuary program

Section 320(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4)

Eligibility

To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an applicant for a grant shall certify to the Administrator that the applicant will not construct or use a floating storage regasification unit on an estuary of national significance. Such certification shall remain in effect subject to paragraph (5). (5)

Agency or court order

A grant recipient under this subsection may construct or use a floating storage regasification unit on an estuary of national significance only if the recipient is ordered to do so by a Federal agency or court that has authority to issue such orders..