HR 600 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Great Lakes Nutrient Removal Assistance Act

Introduced Feb 8, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Brian Higgins D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 9, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 8, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 7

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2013 to Apr 9, 2013, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-OHTim RyanOriginalFeb 8, 2013
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeApr 9, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 9, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  2. Feb 8, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Feb 8, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

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  1. Feb 8, 2013Introduced in House

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