US Congress House Bill 753 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-2)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-01-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require owners or operators of publicly owned treatment works to: (1) institute monitoring systems to provide timely alerts of sewer overflows; (2) notify the public, not later than 24 hours after receiving knowledge, of such overflows in areas where human health is potentially affected; (3) notify public health authorities and other affected entities, in the case of an overflow that may imminently and substantially endanger human health, immediately after the owner or operator knows of the overflow; (4) report each overflow on discharge monitoring reports to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the state; and (5) annually report to the Administrator or the state on the total number of overflows in a calendar year.Makes specified exceptions to notification and reporting requirements for backups into single-family residences and for overflows that occur in the course of treatment works maintenance, respectively. Requires annual summary reports by states to the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to issue regulations, including to establish overflow assessment guidance and develop communications measures to provide notification under this Act. Makes the monitoring systems eligible for state water pollution control revolving fund assistance.

Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act

Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Ron Klein [D-FL]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-01-29		Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2009-01-28		Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

SB937 (Related) 2010-04-20 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 355.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/753/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr753/BILLS-111hr753ih.pdf