Ocean Protection and DDT Reduction Act

This bill directs the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to monitor and research waste dumped in and around the San Pedro Basin off the coast of California, including DDT, military explosives, radioactive waste, and refinery byproducts. NOAA would study how far the waste has spread and whether it is entering the marine food web, develop tools to study waste at other ocean sites, and look into using living organisms to clean up the waste (bioremediation). NOAA could give grants to study deep seafloor contamination off California. Within 3 years, NOAA would report to Congress on a research and cleanup strategy and identify other offshore dump sites. The bill authorizes $6 million per year for fiscal years 2028 through 2034.

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Sponsors

• Alex Padilla Democrat sponsor
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