HB 1748 -- Distressed Water Bodies Sponsor: Lampe This bill authorizes the Clean Water Commission within the Department of Natural Resources to designate publicly accessible bodies of water as distressed under certain circumstances and to issue cease and desist orders for activities affecting a distressed water body. The procedures and requirements for designating a body of water as distressed are specified, as well as the powers granted to the commission regarding water bodies that have been designated as distressed.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives