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H.R. 3852 (111th): Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act of 2009
- Introduced:
- Oct 20, 2009 (111th Congress, 2009–2010)
- Sponsor:
- Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD7]
- Status:
- Died (Referred to Committee)
The bill’s title was written by the bill’s sponsor. H.R. stands for House of Representatives bill.
Library of Congress Summary
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10/20/2009--Introduced.
Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to: (1) revise and expand definitions under the Chesapeake Bay Program; (2) expand the implementation and monitoring grant programs; and (3) require that at least 10% of funds for implementation grants be made available to the states of Delaware, New York, and West Virginia, and that at least 20% of such funds be made available to Chesapeake Bay States (i.e., Delaware, Maryland, New York, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the District of Columbia) to provide technical assistance to agricultural producers and foresters. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) make public by March 31 of each year a Chesapeake Bay action plan to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay; (2) establish a Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Grants Program; (3) establish minimum criteria for watershed implementation plans; (4) establish by December 31, 2010, a Chesapeake Bay-wide TMDL (total maximum daily load for nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment loading to the waters in the Chesapeake Bay); (5) establish by May 12, 2012, an interstate nitrogen and phosphorus trading program for the Chesapeake Bay; (6) designate the Asian oyster (species Crassostrea ariakensis) as a biological pollutant in the Chesapeake Bay; and (7) conduct a study on the impacts of the commercial harvesting of Menhaden (species Brevoortia tyrannus) on Chesapeake Bay water quality. Requires each Chesapeake Bay State to: (1) submit to the Administrator by May 12, 2011, a watershed implementation plan to be fully implemented by May 12, 2025; and (2) institute a ban on phosphorus cleaning agents within three years after the enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds to the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia to carry out a program to eradicate or control nutria (species Myocaster coypus) and restore marshland destroyed by nutria. Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-FY2015 for nonpoint source management programs (reduction of water pollution from land use practices).
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The bill contains the following citations to other parts of U.S. law:
Slip Laws
Slip laws refer to enacted bills and joint resolutions in their original form as enacted by Congress, that is, before other laws amend them. Slip laws are cited as “Public Law XXX-YYY”, where XXX is the number of the Congress in which the bill or resolution was introduced.
- Public Law 91-407:
S.J.Res. 67 (91st): Joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the States of Maryland and West Virginia and the Commonwealths of Virginia and Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, as signatory bodies, for certain amendments to the compact c - Public Law 91-575:
S. 1079 (91st): An Act consenting to the Susquehanna River Basin Compact, enacting the same into law thereby making the United States a signatory party; making certain reservations on behalf of the United States, and for related purposes - Public Law 99-468:
H.R. 2971 (99th): A bill granting the consent of the Congress to the amendments to the Susquehanna River Basin Compact.
United States Code
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- Title 5: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
- Part I: THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
- Chapter 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
- Subchapter II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
- Section 558: Imposition of sanctions; determination of applications for licenses; suspension, revocation, and expiration of licenses
- Title 16: CONSERVATION
- Chapter 58: ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM
- Subchapter IV: AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION PROGRAM
- Part V: Other Conservation Programs
- Section 3839bb: Conservation of private grazing land
- Section 3839bb-4: Chesapeake Bay watershed
- Title 33: NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
- Chapter 26: WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
- Subchapter I: RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS
- Section 1251: Congressional declaration of goals and policy
- Section 1267: Chesapeake Bay
- Subchapter III: STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT
- Section 1329: Nonpoint source management programs
Statutes at Large
The United States Statutes at Large is the compilation of all laws enacted by Congress.
- 54 Stat. 748
- 84 Stat. 856
- 84 Stat. 1509
- 100 Stat. 1193