To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require States to hold public hearings to review water quality standards applicable to a body of water into which a municipal combined storm and sanitary sewer discharges, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require States to hold public hearings to review water quality standards applicable to a body of water into which a municipal combined storm and sanitary sewer discharges, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H37EFF6EC9215461DA45E60F8227BA580: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Water Quality Standards Attainability Act.
- Section H78CA1779E49A411F9BB402C566B442C2: 2. Amendments to State water quality standards review requirements The Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended— in section 303(c) (33 U.S.C. 1313(c))—...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require States to hold public hearings to review water quality standards applicable to a body of water into which a municipal combined storm and sanitary sewer discharges, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require States to hold public hearings to review water quality standards applicable to a body of water into which a municipal combined storm and sanitary sewer discharges, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Shreve introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
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