H.R. 524 — 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. | PoliFocus

H.R. 524113th Congress

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.

Subjects

Environmental Protection

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

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 Army Corps of Engineers has issued a permit for the discharge.

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S. 830EPA Fair Play Act
2013-04-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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S. 2156Regulatory Fairness Act of 2014
2014-03-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Legislative Actions

2013-02-06
Introduced in House
2013-02-06
Introduced in House
2013-02-06
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
2013-02-07
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2014-04-09
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
2014-04-09
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2014-04-09
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 19.
2014-06-20
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-485.
2014-06-20
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-485.
2014-06-20
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 361.

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