HR 2541 112th Congress House Environmental Protection Agricultural conservation and pollution Environmental regulatory procedures Forests, forestry, trees Licensing and registrations Water quality

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act

Introduced: July 14, 2011 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

Introduced

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Sep 20, 2012

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495.

Sep 20, 2012

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-684.

Aug 1, 2012

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Aug 1, 2012

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Jul 15, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Jul 14, 2011

Introduced in House

Jul 14, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a permit under national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements for a discharge resulting from the conduct of the following silvicultural activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, or road use, construction, and maintenance, from which there is runoff.

Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts silvicultural activity from permit requirements for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters.

What's happening now September 20, 2012

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495.

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