To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to ocean discharge criteria.

Summary

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Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include estuaries and estuarine zones within the pollutant discharge permit program. Requires that ocean and estuary pollutant discharge guidelines take into account the need for a proposed discharge.

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Introduced(1/3/89)

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Cosponsors (3)

Pallone

House (D) New Jersey

Markey

Senate (D) Massachusetts

Smith

House (R) New Jersey

Latest Action

Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Interior, EPA.

May 1, 1989