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S 2963 113th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Licensing and registrations Marine and inland water transportation Marine pollution Water quality

A bill to remove a limitation on a prohibition relating to permits for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels.

Introduced: November 20, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Dec 4, 2014
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 613.
Dec 4, 2014
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 113-284.
Dec 2, 2014
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Nov 20, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Nov 20, 2014
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes permanent a prohibition exempting from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) a vessel under 79 feet in length or a fishing vessel for any discharge: (1) of effluent from properly functioning marine engines, or of laundry, shower, and galley sink wastes; or (2) that is incidental to the normal operation of those vessels.

(Currently, the prohibition is temporary, and the time period during which the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] and any state with a state permit program are prohibited from requiring a NPDES permit ends on December 18, 2014. This prohibition does not apply, however, with respect to garbage discharged overboard, other discharges when the vessel is operating in a capacity other than as a means of transportation, discharges of ballast water held in ships to increase stability, or any discharge that contributes to a violation of a water quality standard or poses an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment.)

What's happening now December 4, 2014

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 613.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 9 Republican 1
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Dec 4, 2014
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Dec 3, 2014
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Nov 20, 2014
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Nov 20, 2014
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 20, 2014
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Nov 20, 2014
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Nov 20, 2014
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Nov 20, 2014
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Nov 20, 2014
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Nov 20, 2014
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