Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3434
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hurt, Robert [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-31
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Aquatic ecology

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Industrial facilities

Licensing and registrations

Solid waste and recycling

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2015 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to revise requirements for permit guidelines applicable to the designation of disposal sites for discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States. Those guidelines may not prohibit the designation of a disposal site due to the lack of a final site plan because there is not an identified end user, industry, or industrial classification for the site. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3434 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 31, 2015 Mr. Hurt of Virginia (for himself, Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Mr. Griffith , Mr. Forbes , Mrs. Comstock , and Mr. Hanna ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the guidelines for specification of certain disposal sites for dredged or fill material.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2015 . 2. Guidelines for specification of certain disposal sites Section 404(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: Such guidelines may not prohibit the specification of a site due to the lack of a final site plan resulting from the lack of an identified end user or industry or industrial classification for the site when determining whether there is a practicable alternative to a proposed discharge that would result in less adverse impact on the aquatic ecosystem. .