HR 403
101th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Estuarine pollution
Licenses
Standards
Waste disposal in the ocean
Water pollution control
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to ocean discharge criteria.
Introduced: January 3, 1989
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 1, 1989
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Interior, EPA.
May 1, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oceanography.
May 1, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Feb 9, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.
Jan 3, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Jan 3, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
Jan 3, 1989
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Interior, EPA.