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Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act

Introduced: July 14, 2011 Introduced by: Crapo, Mike Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov

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Jul 14, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Jul 14, 2011

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4610)

Jul 14, 2011

Introduced in Senate

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 any silvicultural activity, such as 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 July 14, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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