Congress 107 - HR 4572 - Polluter Accountability Act

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Agricultural pollution Agriculture and Food Aquaculture Crime and Law Enforcement Dredging spoil Environmental law enforcement Environmental Protection Fines (Penalties) Harbors Infrastructure Law Liability for oil pollution Liability for toxic substances pollution damages Liability for water pollution damages Licenses Navigation Negligence Rivers Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sewage sludge Sewage treatment plants Standards Transportation and Public Works Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. Water pollution control Water quality Water Resources Development Water treatment plants

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Polluter Accountability Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase criminal penalties for: (1) negligent and knowing violations of provisions concerning effluent limitations, national performance standards, toxic pollutants and pretreatment effluent standards, recordkeeping and reporting, oil or hazardous substance discharges, aquacultural discharges, sewage sludge, pollutant discharge permits, and dredged or fill material; and (2) negligently or knowingly introducing into a sewer system or publicly owned treatment works a pollutant or hazardous substance known to cause personal injury or property damage or that results in violation by a treatment works of effluent limitations or permit conditions.

Amends the Refuse Act of 1899 to increase criminal penalties for violations of provisions concerning deposit of refuse in navigable waters, injury to harbor or river improvements, and obstruction of navigable waters.

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May 6, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Apr 25, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Apr 24, 2002

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 24, 2002

Introduced in House

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