EPA Fair Play Act

Bill: 113-s-830
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2013-04-25
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Coal

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Licensing and registrations

Mining

Navigation, waterways, harbors

Solid waste and recycling

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>EPA Fair Play Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to remove the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the specification, or restrict the use, of an area as a disposal site for discharges of dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States once the Army Corps of Engineers has issued a permit for the discharge.</p> <p>Makes this Act effective as of October 18, 1972.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 830 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 25, 2013 Mr. Manchin (for himself, Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Rockefeller , Mr. Hoeven , Ms. Landrieu , Mr. Portman , and Mr. Vitter ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify and confirm the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to deny or restrict the use of defined areas as disposal sites for the discharge of dredged or fill material.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the EPA Fair Play Act . 2. Permits for dredged or fill material (a) In general Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344(c) ) is amended in the first sentence by striking The Administrator and inserting Until such time as a permit under this section has been issued by the Secretary, the Administrator . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) takes effect on October 18, 1972.