The Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish new rules within 60 days of enactment that prohibit the discharge of plastic pellets and pre-production plastic materials into waterways. The rules would apply to plastic manufacturing facilities, molding and forming operations, and any businesses involved in packaging or transporting plastic pellets, preventing these materials from entering wastewater systems, stormwater runoff, and water bodies. The EPA must incorporate these discharge prohibitions into all relevant wastewater and stormwater permits it issues, as well as into performance standards for affected facilities. The bill addresses a form of ocean and water pollution caused by tiny plastic pellets—the raw material for plastic products—that currently leak from industrial operations into the environment. No specific funding amount is mentioned in the legislation.
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