To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.

Bill: 114-hr-1203
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2015-03-02
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> This bill 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a permit for the discharge.</p> <p>The bill applies to discharge permits issued: (1) after this bill's enactment, and (2) on or before enactment if the EPA failed to submit to the Army Corps a written objection to the permit prior to the Army Corps' issuance of the permit.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1203 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 2, 2015 Mr. McKinley (for himself, Mr. Peterson , Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia , and Mr. Mooney of West Virginia ) 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 that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.

1. 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 by striking The Administrator is authorized and inserting Until such time as the Secretary has issued a permit under this section, the Administrator is authorized . (b) Applicability The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply— (1) to a permit issued under section 404(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344(a) ) after the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) to a permit issued under such section 404(a) on or before such date of enactment if the Administrator failed to submit to the Secretary a written objection to the permit prior to the Secretary’s issuance of the permit.