New Jersey/New York Clean Ocean Zone Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2854
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2007-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Animals
Biological diversity
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Dredging
Easements
Energy
Energy facilities
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
Health
Land transfers
Law
Leases
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine ecology
Marine pollution
Marine resources conservation
Marine terminals
New Jersey
New York State
Ocean mining
Oceanography
Petroleum in submerged lands
Pipelines
Restoration ecology
Right-of-way
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Transportation and Public Works
Waste disposal in the ocean
Waste disposal sites
Water pollution control
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: 
New Jersey/New York Clean Ocean Zone Act of 2007 - Designates the New York/New Jersey Bight as the New Jersey/New York Clean Ocean Zone. Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the Army, and all states from issuing a permit for ocean dumping, or establishing any new disposal site in the Zone, including under specified provisions of existing law. Terminates all existing disposal site designations, subject to exception.
 
Prohibits: (1) the discharge of a pollutant into the Zone from a point source constructed or put into use after enactment of this Act under specified provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and (2) permit issuance for such discharge.
 
Prohibits a state or federal permit issued for the discharge of a pollutant into the Zone from being renewed, reissued, or modified to allow any increase of discharge capacity of any point source or to contain any effluent limitation less stringent than comparable effluent limitations in the permit.
 
Prohibits the permanent extraction of any nonrenewable natural resource from the Zone for commercial or industrial use, except for the primary purpose of maintaining or establishing navigation channels.
 
Prohibits the creation, licensing, leasing, easement granting, or right-of-way granting of certain facilities involving nonrenewable energy, including deepwater ports and pipelines.
 
Prohibits categorically excluding leases, easements, or rights-of-way for renewable energy facilities from specified provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
 
Prohibits underwater research or exploration in the Zone unless it meets certain requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Introduced in House