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HR 2854 110th Congress House

New Jersey/New York Clean Ocean Zone Act of 2007

Official title: To restore, protect, and preserve the natural, chemical, physical, and biological integrity, and the economic potentialities, of the New York/New Jersey Bight … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To restore, protect, and preserve the natural, chemical, physical, and biological integrity, and the economic potentialities, of the New York/New Jersey Bight through designation and establishment of the New Jersey/New York Clean Ocean Zone and the regulation of various activities therein, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 10, 2007 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 30, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
Jun 26, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jun 26, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Jun 26, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jun 25, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 25, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 30, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

New Jersey/New York Clean Ocean Zone Act of 2007 - Designates the New York/New Jersey Bight as the New Jersey/New York Clean Ocean Zone. Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the Army, and all states from issuing a permit for ocean dumping, or establishing any new disposal site in the Zone, including under specified provisions of existing law. Terminates all existing disposal site designations, subject to exception.

Prohibits: (1) the discharge of a pollutant into the Zone from a point source constructed or put into use after enactment of this Act under specified provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and (2) permit issuance for such discharge.

Prohibits a state or federal permit issued for the discharge of a pollutant into the Zone from being renewed, reissued, or modified to allow any increase of discharge capacity of any point source or to contain any effluent limitation less stringent than comparable effluent limitations in the permit.

Prohibits the permanent extraction of any nonrenewable natural resource from the Zone for commercial or industrial use, except for the primary purpose of maintaining or establishing navigation channels.

Prohibits the creation, licensing, leasing, easement granting, or right-of-way granting of certain facilities involving nonrenewable energy, including deepwater ports and pipelines.

Prohibits categorically excluding leases, easements, or rights-of-way for renewable energy facilities from specified provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Prohibits underwater research or exploration in the Zone unless it meets certain requirements.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 10, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2854: New Jersey/New York Clean Ocean Zone Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2854/
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"H.R. 2854: New Jersey/New York Clean Ocean Zone Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2854/.
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H.R. 2854, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2854/.
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