Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Sewage Treatment Overflow Prevention through Community Sanitation Outreach Act of 2021 or the STOP CSO Act of 2021 This bill revises the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program to require certain publicly owned water treatment facilities to monitor, report on, and notify the public of sewer overflows. For example, the facilities must notify the public within a specified number of hours after (1) sewer overflows that have the potential to affect human health, and (2) sewer overflows that may imminently and substantially endanger human health.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental healthEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresEnvironmental technologyGovernment information and archivesSolid waste and recyclingWater quality
STOP CSO Act of 2021
USA117th CongressHR-1844| House
| Updated: 3/12/2021
Sewage Treatment Overflow Prevention through Community Sanitation Outreach Act of 2021 or the STOP CSO Act of 2021 This bill revises the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program to require certain publicly owned water treatment facilities to monitor, report on, and notify the public of sewer overflows. For example, the facilities must notify the public within a specified number of hours after (1) sewer overflows that have the potential to affect human health, and (2) sewer overflows that may imminently and substantially endanger human health.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Environmental Protection
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental healthEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresEnvironmental technologyGovernment information and archivesSolid waste and recyclingWater quality