FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT

Amendments

Hurricanes: provide favorable treatment for certain projects in response to Hurricane Katrina with respect to revolving loans (S. 1709), S10481, S10519 [27SE]

Bills and resolutions

Anacostia River: restore, protect, and enhance the environmental integrity and social and economic benefits of the Anacostia Watershed in Maryland and the District of Columbia (see S. 1472), S8746 [22JY] (see H.R. 2509), H3694 [19MY]

Chesapeake Bay: establish an EPA grants program to provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed (see S. 1491), S8948 [26JY]

———improve and reauthorize the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program (see H.R. 4126), H9102 [25OC]

———reauthorize the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program and develop and implement a plan for environmental restoration accountability and reporting requirements (see S. 1490), S8948 [26JY]

Coastal zones: reauthorize programs to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters (see H.R. 1721), H2393 [20AP]

Crime: increase certain penalties for violations (see H.R. 757), H582 [10FE]

EPA: clarify that the application of certain pesticides does not require a permit (see S. 1269), S6825 [20JN]

Great Lakes: develop, implement, monitor, and report on a series of indicators of water quality and related environmental factors (see S. 208), S647 [31JA] (see H.R. 718), H522 [9FE]

Hurricanes: provide favorable treatment for certain projects in response to Hurricane Katrina with respect to revolving loans (see S. 1709), S10119 [15SE]

Long Island Sound: extend authorization of appropriations (see H.R. 3963), H8643 [29SE]

Power resources: insert a new definition relating to oil and gas exploration and production (see S. 830), S3817 [18AP]

Sewage disposal: authorize appropriations for sewer overflow control grants (see H.R. 624), H410 [8FE]

———enhance security of wastewater treatment works (see S. 1995), S12681 [10NO]

———ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (see H.R. 1720), H2393 [20AP]

Water: authorize appropriations for grants for coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification programs (see H.R. 2686), H4140 [26MY]

———authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see S. 1314), S7428 [27JN] (see H.R. 2684), H4140 [26MY] (see H.R. 4560), H11879 [15DE]

———extend pilot program for alternative water source projects (see H.R. 1359), H1690 [17MR]

———improve water and wastewater infrastructure (see S. 1400), S8301 [14JY]

Water pollution: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (see H.R. 1749), H2469 [21AP]

———clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2719), H4141 [26MY]

———prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (see H.R. 1126), H983 [3MR]

Waterways: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see S. 912), S4397 [27AP] (see H.R. 1356), H1690 [17MR] (see H.R. 2658), H4138 [26MY]

Wetlands: impose limitations on wetlands mitigation activities carried out through the condemnation of private property (see H.R. 74), H74 [4JA]

Letters

Chesapeake Bay restoration legislation: Mike Waugh, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S8959 [26JY]

———Roy A. Hoagland, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S8958 [26JY]

Long Island Sound appropriations extension: Alexandra Breslin, Audubon Connecticut, H11123 [7DE]

———M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut, H11123 [7DE]

———Robin Kriesberg, Save the Sound (organization), H11123 [7DE]

Remarks in House

Anacostia River: restore, protect, and enhance the environmental integrity and social and economic benefits of the Anacostia Watershed in Maryland and the District of Columbia, H5814 [14JY]

———restore, protect, and enhance the environmental integrity and social and economic benefits of the Anacostia Watershed in Maryland and the District of Columbia (H.R. 2509), E1039 [20MY]

Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act: reauthorize, H11120-H11122 [7DE]

Coastal zones: reauthorize programs to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters (H.R. 1721), H11120-H11122 [7DE]

EPA: increase Clean Water State Revolving Fund funding through reductions in State and Tribal Assistance Grants Program funding, H3642-H3644 [19MY], E1054 [23MY]

———increase Clean Water State Revolving Fund funding through reductions in tax cuts, H3640, H3641 [19MY]

Long Island Sound: extend authorization of appropriations (H.R. 3963), H11122-H11124 [7DE], E2495 [8DE], E2507 [13DE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 4560), E2574 [17DE]

Water pollution: affirm that a permit is not required in certain circumstances (H.R. 1749), E742 [22AP]

———prohibit a publicly-owned treatment works from diverting flows to bypass any portion of its treatment facility (H.R. 1126), H3589 [19MY]

Remarks in Senate

Anacostia River: restore, protect, and enhance the environmental integrity and social and economic benefits of the Anacostia Watershed in Maryland and the District of Columbia (S. 1472), S8751 [22JY]

Chesapeake Bay: establish an EPA grants program to provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed (S. 1491), S8951-S8953 [26JY]

———reauthorize the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program and develop and implement a plan for environmental restoration accountability and reporting requirements (S. 1490), S8951-S8953 [26JY]

EPA: clarify that the application of certain pesticides does not require a permit (S. 1269), S6831 [20JN]

Great Lakes: develop, implement, monitor, and report on a series of indicators of water quality and related environmental factors (S. 208), S655 [31JA]

Hurricanes: provide favorable treatment for certain projects in response to Hurricane Katrina with respect to revolving loans (S. 1709), S10481 [27SE]

Long Island Sound: extend authorization of appropriations (H.R. 3963), S13937 [16DE]

Sewage disposal: enhance security of wastewater treatment works (S. 1995), S12686 [10NO], S12943 [16NO]

Waterways: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (S. 912), S4399 [27AP]

Reports filed

Federal Water Pollution Control Act Pilot Program for Alternative Water Source Projects Extension: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1359) (H. Rept. 109-167), H5800 [13JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act Programs To Improve the Quality of Coastal Recreation Waters Reauthorization: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1721) (H. Rept. 109-292), H10160 [14NO]

Long Island Sound Appropriations Extension: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3963) (H. Rept. 109-293), H10160 [14NO]

Sewer Overflow Control Grants Appropriations: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 624) (H. Rept. 109-166), H5800 [13JY]

Water Infrastructure Financing Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1400) (S. Rept. 109-186), S13450 [12DE]

Texts of

H.R. 1721, Federal Water Pollution Control Act programs reauthorization to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters, H11120 [7DE]

H.R. 3963, Federal Water Pollution Control Act appropriations extension for Long Island Sound, H11122 [7DE]

S. 830, insert a new definition relating to oil and gas exploration and production, S3899 [19AP]

S. 912, Clean Water Authority Restoration Act, S4400 [27AP]

S. 1400, Water Infrastructure Financing Act, S8311-S8317 [14JY]

S. 1490, Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Environmental Accountability Act, S8953 [26JY]

S. 1491, Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Removal Assistance Act, S8954 [26JY]

S. 1709, Gulf Coast Emergency Water Infrastructure Assistance Act, S10481 [27SE]