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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1310 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill material 

cannot be comprised of waste. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 4, 2009 

Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 

WOOLSEY, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. 

MCNERNEY, Mr. STARK, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. HONDA, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN

of California, Mr. FARR, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. 

SCHIFF, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. WATSON, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. LORETTA

SANCHEZ of California, Mr. FILNER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. LEE

of California, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. 

MURPHY of Connecticut, Ms. NORTON, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, 

Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. 

HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ms. 

HIRONO, Mr. RUSH, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. NEAL of 

Massachusetts, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. 

TIERNEY, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 

DELAHUNT, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr. CUMMINGS, 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 

CARNAHAN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. SHULER, 

Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. HODES, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 

SIRES, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. WEINER, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 

SERRANO, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. KUCINICH, 

Ms. SUTTON, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. WU, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 

DEFAZIO, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. 

SCHWARTZ, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. MORAN of 

Virginia, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. INSLEE, 

Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. KIRK, 

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. WOLF, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. 

HALL of New York, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. COOPER, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. 

PASCRELL, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. OLVER, 

and Mr. HIMES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

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•HR 1310 IH

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify 

that fill material cannot be comprised of waste. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Water Protec5 tion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF FILL MATERIAL. 

7 Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

8 Act (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by adding at the end 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(26) FILL MATERIAL.—The term ‘fill material’ 

11 means any pollutant which replaces portions of the 

12 waters of the United States with dry land or which 

13 changes the bottom elevation of a water body for 

14 any purpose. The term does not include any pollut15 ant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of 

16 waste.’’. 

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