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HR 5081 100th Congress House Environmental Protection Estuarine pollution Licenses Ocean Refuse and refuse disposal Standards Waste disposal in the ocean Water and Water Resources Development Water pollution control

A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to ocean discharge criteria.

Introduced: July 14, 1988 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 18, 1988
See S.2030.
Jul 28, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.
Jul 20, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Oceanography.
Jul 20, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Jul 20, 1988
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Interior, EPA.
Jul 14, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Jul 14, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Jul 14, 1988
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include estuaries and estuarine zones within the pollutant discharge permit program. Requires that ocean and estuary pollutant discharge guidelines take into account the need for a proposed discharge.

What's happening now November 18, 1988

See S.2030.

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