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EPA Fair Play Act

Introduced: February 3, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Feb 3, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Feb 3, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

EPA Fair Play Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to remove the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the specification of any defined area as a disposal site for discharges of materials into waters of the United States, or to restrict the use of any defined area for specification as a disposal site, once the Secretary of the Army has issued a permit for dredged or fill material.

Makes this Act effective as of October 18, 1972.

What's happening now February 3, 2011

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

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Feb 3, 2011
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Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Feb 3, 2011
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Feb 3, 2011
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Feb 3, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 272: EPA Fair Play Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-272/
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"S. 272: EPA Fair Play Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-272/.
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