S.Amdt. 919

1. Replaces the bill's text with a full substitute

   Replaces the full textEverything after the enacting clause

   In H.R. 872 · Reported to Senate

   Struck: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

   Struck: This Act may be cited as the "Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011".

   Struck: SEC. 2. USE OF AUTHORIZED PESTICIDES.

   Struck: Section 3(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: SECTION 1. DELAY OF PERMIT IMPLEMENTATION.

   [struck: "(5) Use of authorized pesticides.--Except as provided in section 402(s)][inserted: During the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment] of [struck: the Federal Water Pollution Control ][inserted: this ]Act, the Administrator [struck: or a State may not require][inserted: of the Environmental Protection Agency, or] a [struck: permit under such Act for][inserted: State in the case of] a [struck: discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under this Act, or][inserted: permit program under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342), shall not require a permit for] the [struck: residue][inserted: discharge] of [struck: such ]a pesticide, [struck: resulting from the application of such pesticide][inserted: including pesticide residue, that is lawfully registered for sale, distribution, or use].[struck: ".]

   Struck: SEC. 3. DISCHARGES OF PESTICIDES.

   Struck: Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Struck: "(s) Discharges of Pesticides.--

   Struck: "(1) No permit requirement.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a permit shall not be required by the Administrator or a State under this Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide.

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   Struck: "(2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the following discharges of a pesticide or pesticide residue:

   Struck: "(A) A discharge resulting from the application of a pesticide in violation of a provision of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that is relevant to protecting water quality, if--

   Struck: "(i) the discharge would not have occurred but for the violation; or

   Struck: "(ii) the amount of pesticide or pesticide residue in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the violation.

   Struck: "(B) Stormwater discharges subject to regulation under subsection (p).

   Struck: "(C) The following discharges subject to regulation under this section:

   Struck: "(i) Manufacturing or industrial effluent.

   Struck: "(ii) Treatment works effluent.

   Struck: "(iii) Discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including a discharge resulting from ballasting operations or vessel biofouling prevention.".

   Struck: Passed the House of Representatives March 31, 2011.

   Original wording

   Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

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As printed