HR 2018 · 112th Congress · Environmental Protection
Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011
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EnactedLatest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 103.(2011-07-18)
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Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: (1) promulgating a revised or new water quality standard for a pollutant when the Administrator has approved a state water quality standard for such pollutant unless the state concurs with the Administrator's determination that the revised or new standard is necessary to meet the requirements of such Act; (2) taking action to supersede a state's determination that a discharge will comply with effluent limitations, water quality standards, controls on the discharge of pollutants, and toxic and pretreatment effluent standards under such Act; (3) withdrawing approval of a state program under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), limiting federal financial assistance for a state NPDES program, or objecting to the issuance of a NPDES permit by a state on the basis that the Administrator disagrees with the state regarding the implementation of an approved water quality standard or the implementation of any federal gui…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 2018, Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011
Jun 30, 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 22, 2011
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
4 Democrats16 Republicans