HR 517
112th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
Marine pollution
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to eliminate the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to deny or restrict the use of a defined area as a dredged or fill material disposal site, and for other purposes.
Introduced: January 26, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Jan 27, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jan 26, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jan 26, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to repeal the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the specification of, or to deny or restrict the use of, a defined area as a disposal site for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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