A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the ability of a State to administer a permit program under that Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2586
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-03-21
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Licensing and registrations

Solid waste and recycling

State and local government operations

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1876)

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow a state that has assumed the environmental review responsibilities of the Department of Transportation under the surface transportation project delivery program to apply to the Environmental Protection Agency to administer an individual and general permit program for discharging dredge and fill material into navigable waters.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2586 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 21, 2018 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Hatch , Mr. Sullivan , and Mrs. Fischer ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the ability of a State to administer a permit program under that Act, and for other purposes.

1. State administration of certain permits under Federal Water Pollution Control Act Section 404(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344(g) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), in the second sentence, by striking In addition, such State and inserting the following: (B) Requirement In submitting a proposal to the Administrator under subparagraph (A), the State ; (2) by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through The Governor in the first sentence of paragraph (1) and inserting the following: (g) State administration (1) State permit program (A) In general The Governor ; and (3) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following: (C) Applications by certain State departments of transportation (i) In general A State department of transportation that has assumed the responsibilities of the Secretary of Transportation under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) under the surface transportation project delivery program under section 327 of title 23, United States Code, may apply to the Administrator to administer an individual and general permit program under subparagraph (A) with respect to highway projects subject to that assumption of responsibility. (ii) Treatment For the purpose of this subsection, a reference to a State shall be deemed to include a State department of transportation described in clause (i). .