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Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act

Introduced: May 16, 2013 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

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May 16, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3573)

May 16, 2013

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3573)

May 16, 2013

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, 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 silvicultural 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 May 16, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3573)

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