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Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013

Introduced: May 16, 2013 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 12, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 452.
Nov 12, 2014
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-607.
Oct 29, 2013
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Oct 29, 2013
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 29, 2013
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
May 17, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
May 16, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 16, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013 - 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, or from promulgating regulations that direct a state to require, a permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from the conduct of the following silviculture activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, and road use, construction, and maintenance.

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

What's happening now November 12, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 452.

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