Kilmer Enlists State Department For Canadian Sewage Issues
Derek Kilmer has just contributed a clause in legislation aimed at putting a halt to the dumping of raw sewage by Victoria, Canada.
On Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee passed a bill that includes a provision authored by Representative Derek Kilmer seeking to make progress on the dumping of raw sewage from Canada into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The report accompanying the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill includes language encouraging the U.S. State Department to work with Canadian counterparts on a solution to the sewage problem and ensure Canada lives up to its international commitments in this area.
Kilmer is hoping that the State Department can make an impact with Canadian authorities.
The recently reorganized wastewater treatment board in British Columbia is currently reviewing proposed plans for two sewage treatment plants in the region. The Victoria area, home to 300,000 people, has pumped effluent into the waters across from Washington state for years.
Source: KONP