Raw Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage, and for other purposes.

6/23/2008--Passed House amended. Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require owners or operators of publicly owned treatment works to:
(1) institute monitoring systems to provide timely alerts of sewer overflows;
(2) notify the public, not later than 24 hours after receiving knowledge, of such overflows in areas where human health is potentially affected;
(3) notify public health authorities and other affected entities, in the case of an overflow that may imminently and substantially endanger human health, immediately after the owner or operator knows of the overflow;
(4) report each overflow on discharge monitoring reports to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the state; and
(5) annually report to the Administrator or the state on the total number of overflows in a calendar year.
Makes specified exceptions to notification and reporting requirements for backups into single-family residences and for overflows that occur in the course of treatment works maintenance, respectively.
Requires annual summary reports by states to the Administrator.
Requires the Administrator to issue regulations, including to establish overflow assessment guidance and develop communications measures to provide notification under this Act. Provides procedures for review and approval, after issuance of such regulations, of state notification programs. Makes the monitoring systems eligible for state water pollution control revolving fund assistance.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
• and 57 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Michael Arcuri [D, NY-24]
  • Rep. Brian Baird [D, WA-3]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
  • Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D, GU-0]
  • Rep. Leonard Boswell [D, IA-3]
  • Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Wayne Gilchrest
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
  • Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
  • Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3]
  • Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Tom Lantos
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. Sander Levin [D, MI-12]
  • Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2]
  • Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Michael McNulty
  • Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5]
  • Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. Frank Pallone [D, NJ-6]
  • Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
  • H. Saxton
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
  • Christopher Shays
  • Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
  • Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
  • Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
  • Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Albert Wynn
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Committees

• Senate Environment and Public Works
• 2 more
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2452

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
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• Aug 01, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
• Jun 24, 2008: Received in the Senate.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Jun 23, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Jun 23, 2008: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
• Jun 23, 2008: Ms. Johnson, E. B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Jun 23, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2452.
• Jun 23, 2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Added to calendar on Jun 19, 2008: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 458..
• Jun 19, 2008: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-723.
• May 15, 2008: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Added to calendar on May 15, 2008: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote..
• May 07, 2008: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
• May 07, 2008: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• May 25, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
• May 23, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
• Introduced on May 23, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.2080

Related Issue Areas:

• Water pollution
• Budgets
• Communications
• Drainage
• 25 more
• Emergency communication systems
• Emergency management
• Environmental health
• Environmental monitoring
• Environmental protection
• Federal aid to water pollution control
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Government publicity
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Pollution measurement
• Revolving funds
• Sewage disposal
• Sewerage
• Solid wastes
• Waste water
• Water pollution control
• Administrative procedure
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Law
• Executive departments
• Infrastructure
• Maintenance and repair
• Water treatment plants

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June 24, 2008 Sewage Right-to-Know Bill Passes House of Representatives

The Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act (HR 2452) received widespread support on both sides of the aisle, passing the House unanimously. ...

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May 08, 2008 Many sewage spills, little repair money, report says

... the environmental group American Rivers urged support for bills now before Congress, the Sewage Overflow Community Right to Know Act (HR 2452) and a ...

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August 22, 2007 Report: Americans Swimming in Sewage

Introduced by Congressmen Tim Bishop (D-NY) and Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) in May, the Raw Sewage Community Right to Know Act (HR 2452) would fill in the many ...

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December 14, 2008 Sewage spill leaves mess on Marco : Marco Island : Marco News

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October 10, 2008 New government documents in Milner Library, September 2008

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