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Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act

Introduced: September 20, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 24, 2008
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1075.
Sep 24, 2008
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-497. Minority views filed.
Sep 17, 2008
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Sep 20, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11859-11860)
Sep 20, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sep 20, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require owners or operators of publicly owned sewage treatment works to: (1) institute a monitoring program that alerts such owners or operators of sewer overflows; (2) notify the public of such overflows within 24 hours in areas where human health is potentially affected; (3) immediately notify public health authorities and other affected entities in the case of overflows that may imminently and substantially endanger public health; and (4) make specified reports on overflows, including the number of overflows in a calendar year, to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state.

Requires each state to provide the Administrator an annual summary of sewer overflows.

Authorizes a state to submit evidence to the Administrator that it has in place a legally enforceable sewage overflow notification program that is substantially equivalent to the notification requirements of this Act. Sets forth factors for determining substantial equivalency.

Authorizes funding from state water pollution control revolving funds to carry out the monitoring of sewer overflows.

What's happening now September 24, 2008

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1075.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
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