WATER POLLUTION related term(s) Ecology and Environment

Bills and resolutions

California: encourage design, planning, and construction of projects to treat impaired surface water, reclaim and reuse impaired groundwater, and provide brine disposal (see S. 3638), S7331 [11JY]

———remediate contamination in water sources caused by perchlorates (see S. 2298), S1413 [16FE] (see H.R. 4798), H388 [16FE]

Dept. of the Interior: improve water conservation, efficiency, and management in Reclamation States through cooperative cost-shared grants (see H.R. 5192), H1741 [25AP]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico (see S. 2783), S4468 [11MY]

———reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program (see S. 3630), S7284 [10JY]

Government regulations: provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity (see H.R. 5558), H3641 [8JN]

Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (see S. 2545), S2901 [5AP] (see H.R. 5100), H1562 [5AP]

———establish deadline for restricting sewage dumping and fund programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges into the Great Lakes (see H.R. 5734), H4915 [29JN]

———prevent acid mine drainage from sulfide mining (see H.R. 4933), H867 [9MR]

Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 5160), H1679 [6AP]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (see S. 2440), S2313 [16MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see S. 2294), S1413 [16FE] (see H.R. 4782), H388 [16FE]

Petroleum: establish requirements relative to transfer of oil to or from an onshore or offshore facility, or a vessel with a capacity of over 250 barrels in U.S. waters (see H.R. 4724), H224 [8FE]

Smith, Damu A.I.: tribute (see H. Res. 827), H2961 [19MY]

Taxation: permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities (see H.R. 4918), H866 [9MR]

———provide a credit to certain concentrated animal feeding operations for the cost of complying with environmental protection regulations (see S. 3596), S6786 [29JN] (see H.R. 5775), H5128 [12JY]

———treatment of income received in connection with litigation concerning the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill (see S. 3422), S5490 [6JN]

Letters

Environmental and natural resources programs funding: several environmental organizations, S2256 [16MR]

Remarks in House

Chesapeake Bay: restore watershed, E737 [5MY]

Conservation of natural resources: environmental and natural resources programs funding, H1599, H1600 [6AP]

Dept. of Defense: conduct study to determine scope of perchlorate contamination in formerly utilized defense sites, H2521, H2522 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize participation in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project (H.R. 3418), H1939, H1940 [2MY]

———participate in design, planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater within and outside of the service area of Austin, TX (H.R. 2341), H1689 [25AP]

EPA: conduct study of pollution in Newton Creek caused by underground oil spills in Brooklyn, NY, H4527 [26JN]

———definition of ``fill material'' relative to water pollution, E900 [19MY]

———exempt small public water systems from compliance with arsenic and radionuclide standards for drinking water, H2855 [18MY]

Government regulations: provide more effective permitting and enforcement mechanisms for stormwater discharges associated with residential construction activity (H.R. 5558), H4586 [27JN], E1086 [8JN]

Great Lakes: establish deadline for restricting sewage dumping and fund programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges into the Great Lakes (H.R. 5734), H4687 [28JN], E1320 [29JN]

Great Lakes Legacy Act: funding, H2797, H2798 [18MY]

Idaho: rural water infrastructure upgrade funding, H3165 [24MY]

Petroleum: protection from liability of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) producers for groundwater contamination, H1366 [30MR]

Remarks in Senate

California: encourage design, planning, and construction of projects to treat impaired surface water, reclaim and reuse impaired groundwater, and provide brine disposal (S. 3638), S7337 [11JY]

———remediate contamination in water sources caused by perchlorates (S. 2298), S1418 [16FE]

Camp Lejeune, NC: require Marine Corps to notify affected persons of drinking water contamination, provide benefits to those exposed, and require a study on the health effects of such exposure, S6004 [16JN]

Conservation of natural resources: environmental and natural resources programs funding, S2233, S2234, S2256, S2257 [16MR]

EPA: clean water and drinking water State revolving funds funding, S2006, S2007 [13MR]

———Hawaii water assessment and monitoring funding, S3966 [3MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (S. 912), S1531 [28FE], S6410 [22JN]

———expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico (S. 2783), S4522 [12MY]

Great Lakes: establish a collaborative protection program (S. 2545), S2908-S2910 [5AP]

Hazardous substances: increase efforts to clean up Superfund sites, S6593 [28JN]

Marine Mammal Protection Act: repeal certain provisions relative to transport of petroleum products (S. 1977), S1600 [2MR]

Oil Pollution Act: strengthen and provide the Coast Guard and NOAA with additional authorities (S. 2440), S2329 [16MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (S. 2294), S1415, S1416 [16FE], S1958 [9MR]

Supreme Court: decision on Clean Water Act wetlands protection, S6410 [22JN]

Taxation: treatment of income received in connection with litigation concerning the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill (S. 3422), S5493 [6JN]

Reports filed

Central Texas Water Recycling Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3418) (H. Rept. 109-442), H1914 [27AP]

Desalination Drought Protection Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1071) (H. Rept. 109-380), H449 [28FE]

Testimonies

Role of Local Governments in Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Efforts: Penelope A. Gross, E737 [5MY]

Texts of

H.R. 2341, Dept. of the Interior participation in design, planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater within and outside of the service area of Austin, TX, H1689 [25AP]

H.R. 3418, Central Texas Water Recycling Act, H1939 [2MY]

S. 2298, California Perchlorate Contamination Remediation Act, S1419 [16FE]

S. 2400, Oil Pollution Prevention and Response Act, S2330-S2334 [16MR]

S. 3422, tax treatment of income received in connection with litigation concerning the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill, S5494 [6JN]

S. 3638, Water Recycling and Riverside-Corona Feeder Act, S7337 [11JY]

Tributes

Smith, Damu A.I., E828 [12MY], E857 [17MY]