HR 5470
107th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative procedure
Army Corps of Engineers
Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Atlantic Ocean
Dredging spoil
Environmental Protection Agency
Government Operations and Politics
Hazardous waste disposal
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
New Jersey
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Sedimentation
Waste disposal in the ocean
Waste disposal sites
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Clean Ocean Preservation Act of 2002
Introduced: September 26, 2002
Introduced by:
Smith, Christopher H.
Republican
· New Jersey
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 26, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Sep 26, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Clean Ocean Preservation Act of 2002 - Establishes an effects level of poly-chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) for remediation material at the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) off the coast of New Jersey.
Requires any Environmental Protection Agency rule concerning such sediments to be at least as protective of human health and the environment as the established level.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1