Clean Water Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-6411
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2016-11-30
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2016-11-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-11-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Clean Water Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to define &quot;fill material&quot; to mean any pollutant that replaces portions of waters of the United States with dry land or that changes the bottom elevation of a water body for any purpose and to exclude from its meaning pollutants discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste (e.g., mining waste). Thus, permits issued under the Clean Water Act that allow for the discharge of fill material into navigable waters and wetlands may not include those waste pollutants.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6411 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 30, 2016 Mr. Pallone 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 fill material cannot be comprised of waste.

1. Short Title This Act may be cited as the Clean Water Protection Act . 2. Definition of Fill Material Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1362 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (27) Fill material The term fill material means any pollutant which replaces portions of the waters of the United States with dry land or which changes the bottom elevation of a water body for any purpose. The term does not include any pollutant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste. .