Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2026
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2013-05-16
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Agricultural conservation and pollution

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Forests, forestry, trees

Licensing and registrations

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2014-11-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 452.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring, or from promulgating regulations that direct a state to require, a permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from the conduct of the following silviculture activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, and road use, construction, and maintenance.</p> <p> Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts a silvicultural activity resulting in the discharge of dredged of fill material from permit requirements for discharges into navigable waters.</p>

action_date: 2014-11-12
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring, or from promulgating regulations that direct a state to require, a permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from the conduct of the following silviculture activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, and road use, construction, and maintenance.</p> <p> Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts a silvicultural activity resulting in the discharge of dredged of fill material from permit requirements for discharges into navigable waters.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2026 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 16, 2013 Ms. Herrera Beutler (for herself, Mr. Schrader , Mr. Benishek , Mrs. McMorris Rodgers , Mr. Ribble , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mr. Walden , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Rahall , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Kingston , Mr. Jones , Mr. Michaud , Mr. Barrow of Georgia , Mr. Peterson , and Mr. Hastings of Washington ) 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 exempt certain silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013 . 2. Silvicultural activities Section 402(l) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1342(l) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Silvicultural activities (A) NPDES permit requirements for silvicultural activities The Administrator shall not require a permit or otherwise promulgate regulations under this section or directly or indirectly require any State to require a permit under this section for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from the conduct of the following silviculture activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation and subsequent cultural treatment, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, and road use, construction, and maintenance. (B) Permits for dredged or fill material Nothing in this paragraph exempts a silvicultural activity resulting in the discharge of dredged or fill material from any permitting requirement under section 404. .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 452 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2026 [Report No. 113–607] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 16, 2013 Ms. Herrera Beutler (for herself, Mr. Schrader , Mr. Benishek , Mrs. McMorris Rodgers , Mr. Ribble , Mr. Simpson , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mr. Walden , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Rahall , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Kingston , Mr. Jones , Mr. Michaud , Mr. Barrow of Georgia , Mr. Peterson , and Mr. Hastings of Washington ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure November 12, 2014 Additional sponsors: Mr. Young of Alaska , Mr. Westmoreland , Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , Mr. Owens , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Mulvaney , Mr. Nolan , Mr. Fleming , Mr. Gibson , Mrs. Roby , Mr. Wittman , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Hanna , Mr. Hurt , Mr. Duffy , Mr. Crawford , Mr. Butterfield , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Aderholt , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Southerland , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Griffin of Arkansas , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Womack , Mr. Daines , Mr. Harper , Mr. Labrador , Mr. Reichert , Mr. Gibbs , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Enyart , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Bachus , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Denham , Mr. Griffith of Virginia , Mr. Nunnelee , Mr. Rogers of Alabama , Mr. Sanford , Mr. McIntyre , Mr. Meadows , Mr. Tipton , Mr. Goodlatte , Mr. Forbes , Mr. Rice of South Carolina , Ms. Kuster , Mr. Palazzo , Mr. Barletta , and Mr. Walberg November 12, 2014 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt certain silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013 . 2. Silvicultural activities Section 402(l) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1342(l) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Silvicultural activities (A) NPDES permit requirements for silvicultural activities The Administrator shall not require a permit or otherwise promulgate regulations under this section or directly or indirectly require any State to require a permit under this section for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from the conduct of the following silviculture activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation and subsequent cultural treatment, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, and road use, construction, and maintenance. (B) Permits for dredged or fill material Nothing in this paragraph exempts a silvicultural activity resulting in the discharge of dredged or fill material from any permitting requirement under section 404. .

November 12, 2014 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed