Clean Boating Act of 2008

A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel.

3/13/2008--Introduced.
Clean Boating Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to provide that no permit shall be required by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for the discharge from a recreational vessel of graywater, bilge water, cooling water, weather deck runoff, oil water separator effluent, or effluent from properly functioning marine engines or for any other discharge that is incidental to the normal operation of such vessel.
Defines a "recreational vessel" as any vessel that is leased, rented, or chartered to a person for that person's pleasure or that is manufactured or used primarily for pleasure, excluding vessels that are subject to Coast Guard inspection and that are engaged in commercial use or that carry paying passengers.
Requires the Administrator to:
(1) develop management practices for recreational vessels to mitigate the adverse impacts on U.S. waters of discharges incidental to normal vessel operation (excluding sewage) in any case in which the Administrator determines that the use of those practices is reasonable and practicable; and
(2) promulgate federal standards of performance (which may distinguish among vessel types) for each discharge for which such a management practice is developed. Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to promulgate regulations governing the design, construction, installation, and use of management practices for recreational vessels as necessary to meet such standards. Prohibits the owner or operator of a recreational vessel from operating in U.S. waters if such owner or operator is not using applicable management practices in compliance with such regulations.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Bill Nelson [D, FL]
• and 39 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Wayne Allard [R, CO]
  • Sen. B. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
  • Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO]
  • Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
  • Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
  • Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY]
  • Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]
  • Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
  • Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
  • Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]
  • Sen. C. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
  • Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
  • Sen. Norm Coleman [R, MN]
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
  • Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN]
  • Sen. Larry Craig [R, ID]
  • Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]
  • Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
  • Sen. Elizabeth Dole [R, NC]
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
  • Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D, MN]
  • Sen. Herbert Kohl [D, WI]
  • Sen. Mary Landrieu [D, LA]
  • Sen. Carl Levin [D, MI]
  • Sen. Richard Lugar [R, IN]
  • Sen. Mel Martinez [R, FL]
  • Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
  • Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
  • Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
  • Sen. Arlen Specter [R, PA]
  • Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
  • Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]
  • Sen. George Voinovich [R, OH]
  • Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA]
  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
  • Rep. Roger Wicker [R, MS-1]
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Committees

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

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2766

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		This Bill Has Become Law
March 13, 2008		July 22, 2008		July 22, 2008		July 29, 2008		July 29, 2008

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• Enacted on Jul 29, 2008. Became Public Law No: 110-288.
• Signed on Jul 29, 2008.
• Jul 25, 2008. Presented to President.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Jul 22, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
• Jul 22, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2766.
• Jul 22, 2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Jul 22, 2008: Mr. Oberstar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
• Jul 22, 2008: Held at the desk.
• Jul 22, 2008: Received in the House.
• Jul 22, 2008. Cleared for White House.
• Jul 22, 2008: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• Passed by Unanimous Consent in the Senate on Jul 22, 2008. Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
• Added to calendar on Jun 23, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 832..
• Jun 23, 2008: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 110-398. Additional views filed.
• May 21, 2008: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
• Mar 13, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
• Introduced on Mar 13, 2008.

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Related Bills:

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Related Issue Areas:

• Water pollution control
• Transportation
• Standards
• Sports
• 13 more
• Marine resources
• Marine pollution
• Marine engines
• Licenses
• Law
• Executive departments
• Environmental protection
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Department of Homeland Security
• Coast guard
• Boats and boating
• Administrative procedure
• Water pollution

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