S.Amdt. 1103

1. Adds SEC. 122__. REDUCING REGULATORY BURDENS on page 1150, line 15

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   Inserted: SEC. 122__. REDUCING REGULATORY BURDENS.

   Inserted: (a) Use of Authorized Pesticides.--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: "(5) Use of authorized pesticides.--Except as provided in section 402(s) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator or a State may not require a permit under such Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or

   Inserted: use under this Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide.".

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

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

   Inserted: "(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.

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

   Inserted: "(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--

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

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

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

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

   Inserted: "(i) Manufacturing or industrial effluent.

   Inserted: "(ii) Treatment works effluent.

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

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   On page 1150, after line 15, add the following:

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