SEWAGE DISPOSAL see also Refuse Disposal

Bills and resolutions

Corps of Engineers: clarify term ‘‘water resources project’’ and ‘‘water resources development project’’ include water supply and environmental infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2689), H4001 [9JN]

Dept. of Energy: provide for a smart water resource management pilot program (see H.R. 3143), H5330 [21JY]

EPA: assist municipalities and regional sewer authorities that would experience a significant hardship raising revenue for projects and activities for construction of wastewater treatment works (see H.R. 1705), H2110 [26MR]

——— carry out a pilot program to work with municipalities seeking to develop and implement integrated plans to meet Federal Water Pollution Control Act wastewater and stormwater obligations (see S. 2358), S8379 [3DE] (see H.R. 1093), H1368 [26FE]

——— increase length of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit cycle (see H.R. 1623), H2033 [25MR]

——— prohibit sewage dumping into the Great Lakes (see S. 1586), S4202 [16JN] (see H.R. 2809), H4491 [17JN]

Food: amend inspection laws to notify consumers of products produced from crops, livestock, or poultry raised on sewage sludge-treated land (see H.R. 737), H811 [4FE]

Infrastructure: improve (see S. 268), S541 [27JA]

Taxation: provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 499), H531 [22JA]

Remarks in House

EPA: prohibit sewage dumping into the Great Lakes (H.R. 2809), H4448 [17JN]

Gannett Fleming, Inc.: anniversary, E1062 [14JY]

Remarks in Senate

Infrastructure: improve (S. 268), S518 [27JA]

——— improvement funding through closing certain tax loopholes for offshore corporations, S1696, S1698, S1701–S1703 [23MR], S1742, S1748–S1750 [24MR], S2205 [15AP], S2625 [5MY]