To amend the goals of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to declare that it is the national policy that: (1) a research and demonstration effort should be made to eliminate the discharge of pollutants into navigable waters, waters of the contiguous zone, and the oceans; and (2) the program to prevent the discharge of oil into navigable waters should consider a requirement to use synthetic liners for secondary means of containment around and under certain oil storage tanks located near navigable waters, to prevent leaching of oil spills through the ground, and to aid in leak detection.

 
HR 1393 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
 H. R. 1393
To amend the goals of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 14, 1989
Mr. KOLTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Public Works and Transportation
A BILL
To amend the goals of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled, That section 101(a) of the Federal
  Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251(a)) is amended by striking out
  `and' at the end of paragraph (6) and striking out the period at the end of
  paragraph (7) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following
  new paragraphs:
  `(8) it is the national policy that a major research and demonstration
  effort be made to eliminate the discharge of pollutants into the navigable
  waters, waters of the contiguous zone, and the oceans; and
  `(9) it is the national policy that the program to prevent the discharge of
  harmful quantities of oil into navigable waters be enhanced to consider
  a requirement to use synthetic liners to line the secondary means of
  containment around and under certain bulk oil storage tanks located near
  navigable waters, to prevent leaching of oil spills through the ground,
  and to aid in leak detection.'.