United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 7949 (95th)
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to the discharge of pollutants into open ocean waters.
Introduced
22 June 1977
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Status
Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
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1 August 2024
Summary
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to exempt publicly owned treatment waste facilities discharging into open ocean waters from certain effluent standards. Directs the Administrator to consider social, economic, and environmental costs in determining whether or not an exemption or modification of the standards is appropriate.
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 22 June 1977
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/7949
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/95/hr/7949