HR 1460 114th Congress House Environmental Protection Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural practices and innovations Congressional oversight Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Licensing and registrations Oil and gas Water quality

FRESHER Act of 2015

Introduced: March 19, 2015 See on congress.gov

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Mar 20, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Mar 19, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Mar 19, 2015

Introduced in House

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Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2015 or the FRESHER Act of 2015

This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow the Environmental Protection Agency to require a permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for discharges of stormwater runoff from: (1) mining operations; (2) oil and gas operations; or (3) transmission facilities for collecting and conveying precipitation runoff that are not contaminated by contact with any overburden, raw material, intermediate products, finished product, byproduct, or waste products located on the site of the operations.

The Department of the Interior must study stormwater runoff associated with oil or gas operations, including an analysis of: (1) measurable contamination, (2) groundwater resources, and (3) the susceptibility of aquifers to contamination from stormwater runoff associated with the operations.

What's happening now March 20, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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