Flood Control Facility Maintenance Clarification Act

Bill: 113-hr-1296
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-31]
Introduced: 2013-03-20
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Dams and canals

Floods and storm protection

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Flood Control Facility Maintenance Clarification Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to: (1) include the removal of sediment, debris, and vegetation as &quot;maintenance&quot; of a currently serviceable structure for which the discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters at specified disposal sites is not prohibited; and (2) include a channel or basin as such a structure.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1296 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 20, 2013 Mr. Gary G. Miller of California (for himself, Mr. Costa , Mr. Denham , and Mr. Rohrabacher ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify a maintenance exemption regarding the removal of sediment, debris, and vegetation from certain structures.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Flood Control Facility Maintenance Clarification Act . 2. Permits for dredged or fill material Section 404(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1344(f) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting channels, basins, after such as ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the term maintenance includes the removal of sediment, debris, and vegetation from structures described in that paragraph. .