H.R. 600: Great Lakes Nutrient Removal Assistance Act

Introduced:
Feb 08, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY26]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on February 8, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

Progress
Introduced Feb 08, 2013
Referred to Committee Feb 08, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

4% chance of getting past committee.
1% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
7 cosponsors (7D) (show)
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House Transportation and Infrastructure

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Full Title

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the Great Lakes System.

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Last updated Feb 08, 2013.
7 pages

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2/8/2013--Introduced.
Great Lakes Nutrient Removal Assistance Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide grants to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and municipalities in such states to upgrade eligible municipal wastewater treatment plants with nutrient removal technologies.
Requires the Administrator to give priority to plants at which nutrient removal technology upgrades would:
(1) produce the greatest nutrient load reductions at points of discharge,
(2) result in the greatest environmental benefits to the Great Lakes System, and
(3) help meet the objectives related to nutrients outlined in Annex four of the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Defines as "eligible" a plant that:
(1) has a permitted design capacity to treat an annual average of at least 500,000 gallons of wastewater per day, and
(2) is located within the Great Lakes System in any of such states.
Prohibits the federal share from exceeding 55% of the total cost of upgrading such plants.

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