[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 675 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 675

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the sale 
of dishwashing detergent in the United States if the detergent contains 
          a high level of phosphorus, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 24, 2009

 Mr. Levin (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Cardin, and 
 Mr. Feingold) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the sale 
of dishwashing detergent in the United States if the detergent contains 
          a high level of phosphorus, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF CERTAIN DISHWASHING DETERGENT.

    Section 303 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1313) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Prohibition on Sale of Certain Dishwashing Detergent.--
Effective beginning July 1, 2010, the Administrator shall prohibit the 
sale of residential dishwashing detergent in the United States if the 
detergent contains phosphorus in any form in excess of 0.5 percent (by 
weight expressed as elemental phosphorus).''.

SEC. 2. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT.

    As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation 
with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies (including the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), States, and local 
government entities, shall--
            (1) conduct a review of available scientific information 
        pertaining to nutrient excesses in the Great Lakes; and
            (2) submit to Congress a report that contains 
        recommendations for action to be taken by the Administrator of 
        the Environmental Protection Agency to address nutrient 
        excesses in the Great Lakes.
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