[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3360 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3360

    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the 
concurrence of all bordering States when a permit for the discharge of 
           pollutants into one of the Great Lakes is issued.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 3, 2007

 Ms. Schakowsky (for herself, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
 Conyers, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Bean, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Kagen, 
 Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Sestak, and Ms. Sutton) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the 
concurrence of all bordering States when a permit for the discharge of 
           pollutants into one of the Great Lakes is issued.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Act 
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS 
              INTO THE GREAT LAKES.

    Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (42 U.S.C. 
1342) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(r) Limitation on Issuance of Permits for Discharges of 
Pollutants Into the Great Lakes.--In the case of a body of water that 
is part of the Great Lakes (as defined in section 118) and any portion 
of which is within the boundaries of 2 or more Great Lakes States (as 
defined in section 118), neither the Administrator nor any of such 
States may issue a permit under this section for the discharge of a 
pollutant or combination of pollutants into such body of water without 
the concurrence of all of such States. A State may concur in the 
issuance of the permit only after providing notice in the vicinity of 
the portion of the body of water that is within the boundaries of that 
State and an opportunity for public comment.''.
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