WATER POLLUTION related term(s) Ecology and Environment; Pollution

Amendments

National Estuaries Week: designate (S. Res. 642), S6545 [4OC]

NOAA: promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), S7567, S7600, S7615 [13DE], S7660, S7661, S7662, S7663, S7667, S7668, S7670, S7672, S7688, S7689, S7694, S7709, S7710, S7714, S7715, S7716, S7717, S7719, S7720 [17DE], S7797 [18DE], H10346 [20DE]

——— update environmental sensitivity index maps for coastal areas of the Great Lakes (S. 1586), S6103 [6SE]

Articles and editorials

America Before Earth Day—Smog and Disasters Spurred the Laws Trump Wants To Undo, S2430 [25AP]

Don’t Blame the Army Corps of Engineers for Okeechobee, Everglades Woes, S4903 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: modify and improve environmental regulations and requirements for agriculture and agricultural producers (see S. 2663), S2120 [12AP]

BLM: convey certain lands to Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO), facilitate resolution of environmental remediation and reclamation, resolve potential U.S. liability, and promote economic development in Lyon County, NV (see H.R. 5347), H1727 [20MR]

Clean the Bay Day: support efforts and goals (see H. Res. 912), H4729 [24MY]

Corps of Engineers: prioritize public health and safety in managing Lake Okeechobee and the Central and Southern Florida system by preventing toxic discharges and maintaining water quality and volume (see H.R. 6700), H7824 [4SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: address topsoil loss and protect drinking water from agricultural runoff (see H.R. 4892), H676 [29JA]

——— carry out nutrition education program to inform the public of sources of exposure to lead in the environment and of dietary nutrients that may reduce harmful effects of lead exposure (see H.R. 5696), H3782 [7MY]

——— reauthorize and expand grant and loan programs to States, local governments, and tribes to provide clean drinking water, sewage and solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage for rural areas (see S. 2969), S2924 [24MY]

Dept. of HUD: improve removal of lead from drinking water in public housing (see S. 3492), S6304 [25SE] (see H.R. 6887), H8884 [25SE]

Dept. of the Interior: codify Outer Continental Shelf blowout preventer systems and well control rule and Arctic drilling rule to protect employees and environment in oil and gas exploration and development (see S. 2720), S2321 [19AP]

——— provide that production safety systems rule and well control rule shall have the same force and effect of law as if such rules had been enacted by Congress (see H.R. 4888), H676 [29JA]

Ecology and environment: constitutional amendment to respect right to clean air, pure water, and sustainable preservation of ecological integrity, and aesthetic, scenic, and historical values of natural environment (see H.J. Res. 144), H10103 [11DE]

EPA: address lead contamination in school drinking water (see H.R. 6951), H9150 [27SE]

——— clarify authority to prohibit the specification of a defined area, or deny or restrict the use of a defined area for specification, as a disposal site (see S. 3009), S3035 [6JN]

——— establish a discretionary grant program for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects (see S. 2727), S2342 [23AP]

——— establish a grant program to assist eligible entities in carrying out programs to replace lead water service lines for schools and solder that is not lead free used in the plumbing for schools (see H.R. 4907), H732 [30JA]

——— establish a pilot program that promotes cleanup of orphan hardrock mines by good samaritans (see S. 3727), S7356 [6DE] (see H.R. 7226), H9767 [6DE]

——— establish centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure (see H.R. 6944), H9150 [27SE]

——— establish innovative water technology grant program and encourage use of innovative water technology (see S. 3012), S3035 [6JN] (see H.R. 6727), H7920 [6SE]

——— make changes relative to water quality certification (see S. 3303), S5517 [31JY] (see H.R. 6889), H8884 [25SE]

——— prohibit sewage dumping into the Great Lakes (see S. 3630), S7050 [15NO] (see H.R. 6967), H9404 [28SE]

——— provide assistance to schools to replace drinking water fountains that may contain lead (see H.R. 4908), H732 [30JA]

——— provide for an integrated water pollution control planning process and promote green infrastructure (see H.R. 7279), H10169 [12DE]

——— provide for technical assistance for small water treatment works (see H.R. 5030), H1211 [15FE]

——— provide grants for construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individual household decentralized wastewater systems to individuals with low or moderate income (see S. 2771), S2484 [26AP]

——— provide to State infrastructure financing authorities additional opportunities to receive loans to support drinking water and clean water State revolving funds to deliver water infrastructure to communities (see S. 2364), S581 [30JA] (see H.R. 4902), H731 [30JA]

——— publish maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate national primary drinking water regulation for microcystin toxin (see H.R. 7078), H9438 [19OC]

——— publish maximum contaminant level goal for drinking water and promulgate national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate (see H.R. 6705), H7870 [5SE]

——— reauthorize appropriations for national drinking water standards assessment and development (see H.R. 7155), H9568 [16NO]

——— require maximum open and free competition in procurement for certain federally-assisted water projects (see S. 3121), S4368 [25JN]

——— study the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in sources of drinking water (see H.R. 5548), H3440 [18AP]

——— update and modernize reporting requirements for contaminants in drinking water and provide assistance to disadvantaged communities to improve water quality testing and compliance with standards (see S. 3192), S4916 [11JY]

Federal agencies and departments: enter into or amend agreements with States for removal and remedial actions to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in water and land surface and subsurface strata (see S. 3381), S5932 [23AU] (see H.R. 6835), H8731 [17SE]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation into the U.S. of paper products that are not manufactured in accordance with requirements at least as stringent as U.S. environmental law requirements (see H.R. 5611), H3574 [25AP]

Hazardous substances: establish a national mercury monitoring program to protect human health, safeguard fisheries, and track environmental effects of emissions reductions (see S. 3394), S5991 [28AU]

Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia: develop plan for reducing, mitigating, and controlling harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in south Florida (see S. 3374), S5931 [23AU]

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: provide for a study by the Ocean Studies Board examining the impact of ocean acidification and other stressors in estuarine environments (see H.R. 6270), H5974 [28JN]

National Estuaries Week: designate (see S. Res. 642), S6224 [18SE]

NOAA: establish an Ocean Acidification Advisory Board to study impacts of ocean acidification (see H.R. 6267), H5974 [28JN]

——— promote international action to reduce marine debris (see S. 3508), S6341 [26SE]

——— reauthorize national harmful algal blooms and hypoxia program and require an assessment and action plan for reducing harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in the Greater Everglades region (see H.R. 6645), H7734 [31JY]

Oil Pollution Act: require responsible parties to pay full cost of oil spills (see S. 3757), S7586 [13DE]

Pipelines: impose additional requirements on portions of petroleum pipelines that cross the waters of the Great Lakes (see H.R. 4787), H172 [12JA]

Roads and highways: increase ability of a State to administer Federal highway project permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 2586), S1875 [21MR]

San Francisco Bay: establish a grant program to support restoration (see H.R. 6752), H7941 [7SE]

Ships and vessels: extend period during which fishing and certain other vessels are not required to have permit for discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel (see S. 2331), S467 [23JA]

Taxation: deny certain tax benefits to persons responsible for the discharge of oil or other hazardous substances into navigable waters (see H.R. 6658), H7747 [7AU]

——— provide tax relief to small businesses in areas affected by toxic algal blooms (see S. 3206), S4950 [12JY]

——— 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 S. 3358), S5759 [21AU]

——— require responsible parties to pay full cost of oil spills (see S. 3756), S7586 [13DE]

U.S. Coral Reef Task Force: anniversary (see S. Res. 544), S3760 [12JN]

U.S. Geological Survey: perform a nationwide survey of perfluorinated compounds (see S. 3382), S5932 [23AU] (see H.R. 7284), H10169 [12DE]

Water: clarify definition of navigable waters relative to application of environmental protection regulations (see S. 3760), S7656 [17DE]

——— improve processes for alternative wastewater systems (see H.R. 6804), H8724 [13SE]

——— provide grants to States to facilitate acquisition of land, water, and interests therein, made to substantially improve, preserve, or maintain water quality for an area in perpetuity (see H.R. 5264), H1542 [13MR]

——— repeal Corps of Engineers and EPA rule relative to definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ and clarify definition of navigable waters (see H.R. 7194), H9742 [29NO]

World Oceans Day: observance (see H. Res. 929), H5021 [8JN]

Year of the Anacostia: designate (see H. Res. 921), H4776 [5JN]

Cloture motions

NOAA: promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), S7567 [13DE], S7650 [17DE]

Letters

Emergency Federal assistance to address harmful algal blooms in Florida: Senator Nelson, S4833 [9JY]

Save Our Seas Act: Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), E1356 [2OC]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E1356 [2OC]

Uniform and environmentally sound standards governing ships and vessel discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S.: several maritime organizations and businesses, S2232 [18AP]

Motions

NOAA: promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), S7566 [13DE]

Remarks in House

Air Force: conduct core sampling study at Lackland AFB, TX, to determine if any regulated or hazardous substances are present along route of wastewater pipeline replacement project, H4702 [24MY]

Bureau of Reclamation: environmental restoration projects funding, H4928 [7JN]

——— water research and development programs funding, H4929 [7JN]

Congress: legislative priorities, H6099 [11JY]

Corps of Engineers: prohibit water discharges from Lake Okeechobee until the water quality is deemed safe, H5158 [14JN], H5510 [22JN], H5651 [26JN], H6044 [11JY]

——— provide National Academy of Sciences assessment on evaluation of projects to advance flood control, hurricane and storm damage reduction, and promote water quality, H4817, H4818, H4825 [6JN]

Curbelo, Representative: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H10325 [19DE]

Dept. of Defense: ensure sufficient funding to address drinking water contaminated with perfluorinated chemicals near the former Wurtsmith AFB, MI, H4972, H4973 [7JN]

——— report to Congress on environmental restoration efforts to address groundwater contamination from defense-related activities, H4655 [23MY]

Dept. of Energy: Defense-Related Uranium Mines Program funding, H4945 [7JN]

Dept. of the Interior: Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Economic Development Pilot Program funding for Appalachian States through reductions in EPA operating account funding, H6443, H6444 [17JY]

——— Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program funding, H6381 [17JY]

——— prohibit funding to redirect Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act allocated funds, H6511 [18JY]

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events, H10423 [20DE]

EPA: Clean Watersheds Needs Survey funding, H6451 [17JY]

——— Environmental Justice program funding, H6451, H6452 [17JY]

——— establish centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure (H.R. 3906), H6219–H6221 [16JY], E1043 [23JY]

——— funding, H6270, H6380 [17JY]

——— Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding, H1380 [6MR], H6277 [17JY], H9100 [27SE]

——— improve public water systems and enhance compliance with safe drinking water requirements, H8175, H8224, H8226 [13SE]

——— improve public water systems and enhance compliance with safe drinking water requirements (H.R. 3387), H1250 [26FE]

——— prevent certain chemical byproducts from electric steam generating units that convert coal refuse into energy from being released into the air and water, H1487 [8MR]

——— prohibit exemption from water quality permitting requirements for pollution discharges from agricultural, ranching, or forestry lands under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H6459, H6460 [17JY]

——— prohibit funding for revised water quality standard implementation in Washington (State), H6505, H6506 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to force Chesapeake Bay watershed States to comply with total maximum daily load nutrient limits and certain watershed implementation plans, H6509, H6510 [18JY]

——— provide for an integrated water pollution control planning process and promote green infrastructure (H.R. 7279), H10288–H10291 [19DE]

——— publish maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate national primary drinking water regulation for microcystin toxin (H.R. 7078), E1426 [19OC]

——— reauthorize Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, H8175, H8228 [13SE]

——— require permit for certain discharges of dredged or fill material, H4926–H4928 [7JN]

——— Southern New England Estuaries Program funding, H6453 [17JY]

——— U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure Program funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior operations funding, H6447, H6448 [17JY]

Flint, MI: status of contaminated water crisis, H5754 [27JN], H7095 [24JY]

Gulf of Mexico: anniversary of Deepwater Horizon oil spill, H3430 [18AP]

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: provide for a study by the Ocean Studies Board examining the impact of ocean acidification and other stressors in estuarine environments (H.R. 6270), E1268 [20SE]

National Estuaries Week: observance, E1268 [20SE]

NOAA: promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), H7640–H7645 [25JY]

——— promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), Senate amendment, H10346–H10366, H10398 [20DE]

——— promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 3508), H9135–H9138 [27SE]

——— reauthorize national harmful algal blooms and hypoxia program and require an assessment and action plan for reducing harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in the Greater Everglades region (H.R. 6645), E1268 [20SE]

Pipeline Safety Act: implementation, H4234 [18MY]

Santa Barbara, CA: anniversary of Refugio/Plains pipeline oil spill, H4234 [18MY]

Ships and vessels: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S., H9648 [27NO]

Water: increase watershed-based collaboration between nonpoint sources and regulated point sources of pollution in order to advance goals of Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H4124 [16MY]

——— prohibit repeal of Corps of Engineers and EPA rule relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H6460, H6461 [17JY]

——— repeal Corps of Engineers and EPA rule relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H3938 [15MY], H4225–H4227 [18MY]

World Oceans Day: observance (H. Res. 929), H4984, H5004 [8JN]

Remarks in Senate

Climate: impact of climate change on Great Barrier Reef, S2542 [8MY]

——— impact of climate change on occurrence of algal blooms in the Great Lakes, S1673 [13MR]

Congress: accomplishments of the 115th Congress, S232–S234 [17JA]

Corps of Engineers: authorize construction of a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee to reduce toxic discharges, S4902, S4920 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior: codify Outer Continental Shelf blowout preventer systems and well control rule and Arctic drilling rule to protect employees and environment in oil and gas exploration and development (S. 2720), S2324 [19AP]

——— disapprove Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement rule known as the ‘‘Stream Protection Rule’’ that imposes certain environmental regulations on coal mining operations (H.J. Res. 38), S899 [13FE]

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (S. 1057), S4832 [9JY]

——— efforts of fossil fuel industry representatives to influence U.S. environmental policy, S242 [17JA], S2092, S2096, S2103 [12AP], S4393–S4395 [26JN]

EPA: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding, S1673 [13MR], S2863 [23MY]

——— provide for an integrated water pollution control planning process and promote green infrastructure (H.R. 7279), S8036 [22DE]

——— provide to State infrastructure financing authorities additional opportunities to receive loans to support drinking water and clean water State revolving funds to deliver water infrastructure to communities, S6709 [9OC], S6743 [10OC]

——— provide to State infrastructure financing authorities additional opportunities to receive loans to support drinking water and clean water State revolving funds to deliver water infrastructure to communities (S. 2364), S583 [30JA]

FAA: allow airports the option of using fluorine-free foam for combating fires, S6430 [2OC]

Hazardous substances: establish a national mercury monitoring program to protect human health, safeguard fisheries, and track environmental effects of emissions reductions (S. 3394), S5992 [28AU]

National Estuaries Week: designate (S. Res. 642), S6545 [4OC]

National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund: funding, S2030 [10AP]

Nelson, Senator: appreciation of opportunity to serve, S7477–S7480 [12DE]

NOAA: promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), House amendment, S7566 [13DE], S7639–S7642, S7644–S7646, S7649 [17DE], S7737, S7739, S7740, S7742–S7749, S7752–S7765, S7769–S7771, S7773–S7782 [18DE], S7828, S7838–S7841, S7916–S7918 [19DE]

——— promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), unanimous-consent agreement, S7781 [18DE]

——— promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 756), unanimous-consent request, S7753, S7758, S7778 [18DE]

——— promote international action to reduce marine debris (S. 3508), S6330–S6334 [26SE], S6489 [3OC]

——— update environmental sensitivity index maps for coastal areas of the Great Lakes (S. 1586), S6103 [6SE]

Pruitt, E. Scott: assessment of tenure as EPA Administrator, S531 [29JA]

Ships and vessels: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S., S802–S804 [8FE], S2194, S2197, S2225 [17AP], S2228, S2231–S2235, S2238–S2241, S2249–S2252 [18AP], S2373 [24AP], S6903–S6906 [13NO], S6938–S6940 [14NO], S7042 [15NO]

States: allow regulations on use of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid from firefighting foam, S2194, S2197 [17AP]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to environmental regulations and policy, S2429 [25AP]

U.S. Coral Reef Task Force: anniversary (S. Res. 544), S3861 [12JN]

Water: repeal Corps of Engineers and EPA rule relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S4328, S4329 [21JN], S4361 [25JN]

Wheeler, Andrew: suitability to be EPA Deputy Administrator relative to views on climate change and ties to the fossil fuel industry, S2108–S2110 [12AP]

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: anniversary, S6353 [27SE]

Reports

Vessel Incidental Discharge Act—Good for the Environment—Good for Business: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S2234 [18AP]

Reports filed

Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3906) (H. Rept. 115–828), H6262 [16JY]

Lyon County Economic Development and Environmental Remediation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5347) (H. Rept. 115–1002), H9462 [2NO]

Texts of

H.R. 3906, Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act, H6219 [16JY]

H.R. 7279, Water Infrastructure Improvement Act, H10288 [19DE]

S. 756, NOAA promotion of international action to reduce marine debris, H7640–H7642 [25JY]

S. 2586, increase ability of a State to administer Federal highway project permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S1876 [21MR]

S. 3508, Save Our Seas Act, S6331–S6334, S6343–S6346 [26SE], H9135–H9138 [27SE]

S. Res. 544. U.S. Coral Reef Task Force anniversary, S3764 [12JN]

S. Res. 642, National Estuaries Week, S6236 [18SE], S6545 [4OC]