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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 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 April 18, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3899)

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Cornyn, John
Texas · Apr 19, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 830: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to insert a new definition relating to oil and gas exploration and production.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-830/
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"S. 830: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to insert a new definition relating to oil and gas exploration and production.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-830/.
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