Also tagged in: Environmental protection, Phosphorus, Water pollution, Water pollution control
Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Bill Text
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.


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Also tagged in: Algal blooms, Budgets, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumers, Cost accounting, Environmental protection, Governmental investigations, Great Lakes, Hazardous substances
Latest Action: 05/20/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.

Bill Text
To ameliorate the effects of harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes by reducing phosphorus inputs, and for other purposes. 5/8/2008--Introduced. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and submit to Congress a regional response plan to address and mitigate harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes that includes: (1) an analysis of the scientific data about the causes of such blooms; (2) proposed solutions to address and mitigate such blooms, an analysis of the technological and economic feasibility of such solutions, and an estimate of the cost of implementing them; (3) an analysis of the ability of secondary treatment by wastewater treatment facilities to reduce the amount of phosphorus and nitrogen being discharged into the Great Lakes; (4) an evaluation of the relevant water quality standards promulgated by each of the Great Lakes states; and (5) suggested revisions to such standards if they are not adequate to reduce the incidence [...]

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Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer protection, Consumers, Executive departments, Hazardous substances, Independent regulatory commissions, Law, Phosphorus, Product safety
Latest Action: 08/02/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Bill Text
To prohibit, as a banned hazardous substance, certain household dishwashing detergent containing phosphorus.

8/2/2007--Introduced.

Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue regulations declaring dishwashing detergent intended for individual household use that contains phosphorus to be a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.


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