FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: regulation of wetlands (see S. 49), S98 [22JA]

Anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 80), S11198 [30OC] (see H. Con. Res. 255), H7529 [30OC]

Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the watershed (see S. 1044), S6318 [14JN]

Courts: require plaintiffs to file certain bonds when bringing citizen suits (see H.R. 2798), H5336 [2AU]

District of Columbia: make permanent the Federal-local funding match for the Water and Sewer Authority (see H.R. 2306), H3518 [25JN]

Ecology and environment: provide that no permit shall be required for animal feeding operations within State boundaries if the State has implemented a nutrient management program for such operations (see H.R. 1138), H1059 [21MR]

EPA: make grants for remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern and authorize assistance for research and development of innovative technologies for such purposes (see H.R. 1070), H954 [15MR]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see S. 678), S3340 [3AP] (see H.R. 325), H162 [31JA]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling and conduct a study on the environmental impact of potential future drilling (see S. 1033), S6212 [13JN] (see H.R. 2167), H3150 [13JN]

Marine resources: amend relative to marine sanitation devices (see H.R. 1730), H1924 [3MY]

Water: authorize appropriations for municipal construction grant program for wastewater treatment (see H.R. 1751), H2021 [8MY]

———authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see S. 252), S1062 [6FE] (see H.R. 668), H396 [14FE] (see H.R. 1750), H2021 [8MY]

———use of State revolving loan funds for water conservation and quality improvement programs (see S. 285), S1218 [8FE]

Wetlands: amend relative to mitigation banking (see H.R. 1474), H1486 (see H.R. 1474), H1495 [4AP]

———impose limitations on wetlands mitigation activities carried out through the condemnation of private property (see H.R. 2719), H5333 [2AU]

Letters

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Removal Assistance Act: Brian E. Frosh, Robert S. Bloxom, and Russ Fairchild, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S6327 [14JN]

———Jane Nishida, Maryland Dept. of the Environment, S6327 [14JN]

———William C. Baker, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S6327 [14JN]

Remarks in House

Anniversary (H. Con. Res. 255), E1950 [30OC]

Courts: require plaintiffs to file certain bonds when bringing citizen suits (H.R. 2798), E1549 [3AU]

District of Columbia: make permanent the Federal-local funding match for the Water and Sewer Authority (H.R. 2306), E1178 [21JN], E1194 [25JN]

Wetlands: amend relative to mitigation banking (H.R. 1474), E553 [5AP]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: regulation of wetlands (S. 49), S320 [22JA]

Anniversary (S. Con. Res. 80), S11216 [30OC], S13642 [18DE]

Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the watershed (S. 1044), S6323-S6325 [14JN]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (S. 678), S3341-S3343 [3AP]

Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling and conduct a study on the environmental impact of potential future drilling, S7739-S7741, S7790 [17JY], S7898 [19JY], S11336 [1NO]

———prohibit oil and gas drilling and conduct a study on the environmental impact of potential future drilling (S. 1033), S6227-S6231 [13JN]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (S. 252), S1072 [6FE]

———use of State revolving loan funds for water conservation and quality improvement programs (S. 285), S1219 [8FE]

Reports filed

Anniversary: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 80), S12681 [7DE]

Summaries

Fishable Waters Act (S. 678), S3342 [3AP]

Texts of

H.R. 2306, make permanent the Federal-local funding match for the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, E1179 [21JN]

S. 1033, Great Lakes Water Protection Act, S6228 [13JN]

S. 1044, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Removal Assistance Act, S6325 [14JN]

S. Con. Res. 80, anniversary, S11216 [30OC], S13642 [18DE]