Stop Poisoning Florida Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8049 To require the Corps of Engineers to prohibit certain discharges of water at Lake Okeechobee, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AUGUST 14, 2020 Mr. MAST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To require the Corps of Engineers to prohibit certain dis- charges of water at Lake Okeechobee, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Poisoning Florida 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. LAKE OKEECHOBEE DISCHARGE PROHIBITION. 6 The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 7 of Engineers, shall prohibit discharges of water through 8 the S–308 and S–80 lock and dam structures at Lake 9 Okeechobee when the water exceeds the maximum con- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:26 Sep 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8049.IH H8049 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8049 IH centration of microcystins recommended for recreational 1 waters by the Environmental Protection Agency, as de- 2 scribed in the notice titled ‘‘Recommended Human Health 3 Recreational Ambient Water Quality Criteria or Swim- 4 ming Advisories for Microcystins and 5 Cylindrospermopsin’’ (84 Fed. Reg. 26413) (or any suc- 6 cessor water quality criteria), based on tests conducted by 7 the Secretary, another Federal agency, or the State of 8 Florida. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:26 Sep 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8049.IH H8049 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS