S. 2080 · 110th Congress
Sewage Overflow Right-to-Know Act
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Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require owners or operators of publicly owned sewage treatment works to: (1) institute a monitoring program that alerts such owners or operators of sewer overflows; (2) notify the public of such overflows within 24 hours in areas where human health is potentially…
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Sep 24, 2008
Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require owners or operators of publicly owned sewage treatment works to: (1) institute a monitoring program that alerts such owners or operators of sewer overflows; (2) notify the public of such overflows within 24 hours in areas where human health is potentially affected; (3) immediately notify public health authorities and other affected entities in the case of overflows that may imminently and substantially endanger public health; and (4) make specified reports on overflows, including the number of overflows in a calendar year, to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state.
Requires each state to provide the Administrator an annual summary of sewer overflows.
Authorizes a state to submit evidence to the Administrator that it has in place a legally enforceable sewage overflow notification program that is substantially equivalent to the notification requirements of this Act. Sets forth factors for determining substantial equivalency.
Authorizes funding from state water pollution control revolving funds to carry out the monitoring of sewer overflows.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act
Latest action (Sep 24, 2008): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1075.
Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 20, 2007
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.