Stop Poisoning Florida Act
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to prohibit certain discharges of water from Lake Okeechobee, which is Florida's largest freshwater lake. Specifically, the USACE must prohibit discharges of water from the lake through the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam or the St. Lucie Lock and Dam when the water exceeds the maximum concentration of microcystins (a toxin that is produced by blue-green algae) recommended for recreational waters by the Environmental Protection Agency.
To require the Corps of Engineers to prohibit certain discharges of 
           water at Lake Okeechobee, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Poisoning Florida Act''.

SEC. 2. LAKE OKEECHOBEE DISCHARGE PROHIBITION.

    The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
shall prohibit discharges of water from Lake Okeechobee through the S-
308 and S-80 lock and dam structures when the water exceeds the maximum 
concentration of microcystins recommended for recreational waters by 
the Environmental Protection Agency, as described in the notice titled 
``Recommended Human Health Recreational Ambient Water Quality Criteria 
or Swimming Advisories for Microcystins and Cylindrospermopsin'' (84 
Fed. Reg. 26413) (or any successor water quality criteria), based on 
tests conducted by the Secretary, another Federal agency, or the State 
of Florida.
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Stop Poisoning Florida Act
To require the Corps of Engineers to prohibit certain discharges of water at Lake Okeechobee, and for other purposes.
Stop Poisoning Florida Act
Rep. Mast, Brian J.