This is due to the lack of a national standard for recreational coastal water safety. In June 1997, Representatives Frank Pallone, of New Jersey, and Brian Bilbray, of California, as well as Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Torricelli, of New Jersey, concurrently introduced a bill in the House and Senate to ensure that coastal states receive the attention necessary to keep the public safe. Neither the House nor Senate version were signed into law in 1997 or 1998. Introduced in the House in 1997 by Representatives Nita Lowey of New York and Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the Water Pollution Control and Estuary Restoration Act is designed to strengthen estuary protection. No floor action has occurred to date on this piece of legislation.
Permits make the job of monitoring and recording past and present feedlot pollution easier.
This will increase the public knowledge of dangerous spills in nearby surface and ground water. The bill also reduces the threshold for concentrated animal feeding operations. Reduction of the animal number threshold makes permits necessary for more factory farms than currently require them. With more permits, the safety of the public and the environment is increased. However, wetlands vary widely because of local differences in soils, climate, water chemistry, vegetation, and other factors, including human intervention.