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A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the sale of dishwashing detergent in the United States if the detergent contains a high level of phosphorus.

5/15/2008--Introduced.

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 prohibit the sale in the United States of residential dishwashing detergent that contains phosphorus in any form in excess of 0.5% (by weight expressed as elemental phosphorus) beginning July 1, 2010.

Latest Actions
  • 05/15/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Bill Text
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S.3022 Introduced in Senate05/22/2008