Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act

This bill would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a final rule within 60 days after the bill becomes law. The rule would ban the release of plastic pellets and other pre-production plastic materials, including into wastewater and runoff, from plastic production and plastic molding facilities. It would also ban such releases from any point source that makes, uses, packages, or transports these materials. These bans would have to be included in federal and state-issued water discharge permits and in certain federal performance standards for these sources.

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Sponsors

• Richard J. Durbin Democrat sponsor
• 9 cosponsors