S 830
109th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Energy
Equipment and supplies
Gas pipelines
Natural gas
Oil well drilling
Petroleum engineering
Prospecting
Transportation and Public Works
Water pollution control
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to insert a new definition relating to oil and gas exploration and production.
Introduced: April 18, 2005
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 18, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3899)
Apr 18, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to define "oil and gas exploration, production, processing, treatment operation, or transmission" as all field activities or operations associated with oil or gas exploration, production, or processing, or oil or gas treatment operations or transmission facilities. Includes in such definition activities necessary to prepare sites for oil or gas drilling and for the movement and placement of drilling equipment.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3899)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1