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H.R. 3938 (100th)

A bill relating to the ocean dumping of municipal sludge.

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Introduced

9 February 1988

Last action

16 February 1988 · Committee

Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Oceanography.

Sponsors

Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2], Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE], Rep. Foglietta, Thomas M. [D-PA-1], Rep. Dyson, Roy [D-MD-1], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Saiki, Patricia [R-HI-1], Rep. Bennett, Charles E. [D-FL-3], Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3], Rep. Courter, Jim [R-NJ-12], Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2], Rep. Ravenel, Arthur, Jr. [R-SC-1], Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15], Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42], Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8], Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5], Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1], Rep. Vucanovich, Barbara F. [R-NV-2], Rep. Ridge, Thomas J. [R-PA-21], Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME], Rep. Lujan, Manuel, Jr. [R-NM-1], Sen. Smith, Bob [R-NH], Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8], Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52], Rep. Meyers, Jan [R-KS-3], Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Martin, Lynn M. [R-IL-16], Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10], Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8], Rep. Grant, Bill [R-FL-2], Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI], Rep. Hatcher, Charles [D-GA-2], Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5], Rep. Lehman, William [D-FL-17], Rep. Eckart, Dennis E. [D-OH-11], Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Rep. Tauke, Thomas Joseph [R-IA-2]

Subjects

Environment

Source updated

10 June 2021

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Summary

Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from granting a permit to a municipality to dump sewage sludge into the ocean after 1988, unless it enters into a compliance agreement with the Administrator before 1989 containing a schedule for the full implementation of an alternative sludge disposal system within five years of such agreement. Prohibits continued ocean dumping, unless the Administrator is notified of such dumping and the municipality is in compliance with its schedule for the implementation of an alternative sludge disposal system. Directs the Administrator to make biannual reports to the Congress regarding schedule compliance. Fines municipalities which violate compliance or notification requirements or dump sludge at unauthorized ocean sites. Places such fines in a newly-created Clean Ocean Fund for enforcement, monitoring, and research activities related to ocean dumping.

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Timeline

  1. 9 February 1988

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 9 February 1988

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 9 February 1988

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 16 February 1988

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.

    Source: Committee

  5. 16 February 1988

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from EPA, Commerce.

    Source: Committee

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Documents

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