S.Amdt. 967
What it does: Adds Sec. 5__. None of the funds made available to the Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, or the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement under this Act may be used to carry out, implement, administer, or enforce any policy or procedure set forth in-- at the end of title V of division A
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 957
Adds Sec. 5__. None of the funds made available to the Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, or the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement under this Act may be used to carry out, implement, administer, or enforce any policy or procedure set forth in-- at the end of title V of division A
Adds a sectionInserted: Sec. 5__. None of the funds made available to the Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, or the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement under this Act may be used to carry out, implement, administer, or enforce any policy or procedure set forth in--
Inserted: (1) the memorandum issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army entitled "Enhanced Surface Coal Mining Pending Permit Coordination Procedures" and dated June 11, 2009;
Inserted: (2) the guidance (including any revision of the guidance) issued by the Environmental Protection Agency entitled "Improving EPA Review of Appalachian Surface Coal Mining Operations under the Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and the Environmental Justice Executive Order" and dated April 1, 2010;
Inserted: (3) the final guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency entitled "Improving EPA Review of Appalachian Surface Coal Mining Operations Under the Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and the Environmental Justice Order" and dated July 21, 2011; or
Inserted: (4) any draft or final criteria document of the Environmental Protection Agency that relates to ambient water quality criteria for conductivity in freshwater, including the document entitled "A Field-Based Aquatic Life Benchmark for Conductivity in Central Appalachian Streams" and dated March 2011, that is based on a field methodology that quantifies narrative conductivity criteria or develops numeric conductivity criteria.
Original wording
At the end of title V of division A, add the following:
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As printed
SA 967. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 957 proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill H.R. 2354, making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title V of division A, add the following:
Sec. 5__. None of the funds made available to the Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency, or the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement under this Act may be used to carry out, implement, administer, or enforce any policy or procedure set forth in--
(1) the memorandum issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army entitled “Enhanced Surface Coal Mining Pending Permit Coordination Procedures” and dated June 11, 2009;
(2) the guidance (including any revision of the guidance) issued by the Environmental Protection Agency entitled “Improving EPA Review of Appalachian Surface Coal Mining Operations under the Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and the Environmental Justice Executive Order” and dated April 1, 2010;
(3) the final guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency entitled “Improving EPA Review of Appalachian Surface Coal Mining Operations Under the Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and the Environmental Justice Order” and dated July 21, 2011; or
(4) any draft or final criteria document of the Environmental Protection Agency that relates to ambient water quality criteria for conductivity in freshwater, including the document entitled “A Field-Based Aquatic Life Benchmark for Conductivity in Central Appalachian Streams” and dated March 2011, that is based on a field methodology that quantifies narrative conductivity criteria or develops numeric conductivity criteria.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 15, 2011