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Mike Levin (D-CA)

Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act

H.R. 7543 · House bill Environmental Protection

A Democratic bill with 68 Democratic cosponsors · See all 68 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act, directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to create new rules regarding plastic pellet pollution. It requires the Administrator to issue a final rule within 60 days of the bill's enactment. The rule aims to prohibit the discharge of plastic pellets or other pre-production plastic materials into wastewater and runoff. This prohibition applies to specific regulated facilities and various point sources involved in the making, using, packaging, or transporting of these materials. Additionally, these limitations must be included in wastewater, stormwater, and other permits.

Yes

  • Scored +7

    Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?

    The bill restricts the discharge of plastic pellet pollution to protect water quality.

  • Scored +5

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill expands the EPA's regulatory authority over plastic pellet discharges.

The opposite

  • Scored -4

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    The bill imposes new regulatory requirements and discharge prohibitions on plastic manufacturing and transport facilities.