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S 4402 116th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Army Corps of Engineers Endangered and threatened species Licensing and registrations Water quality Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify certain activities that would have been authorized under Nationwide Permit 12 and other Nationwide Permits, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 3, 2020 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Aug 3, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Aug 3, 2020
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill provides statutory authority under the Clean Water Act for activities authorized in the reissued final rule titled Issuance and Reissuance of Nationwide Permits and specifies requirements and criteria for subsequent reissuances of such permits. Nationwide permits are issued for periods of up to five years by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to authorize activities that have minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental effects.

What's happening now August 3, 2020

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

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