S.Amdt. 5060

SA 5060. Mr. MURPHY (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4979 proposed by Mr.
McConnell (for Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mrs. Boxer)) to the bill S.
2848, to provide for the conservation and development of water and
related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert:
It is the sense of Congress that--
1) State water quality standards that impact the disposal
of dredged material should be developed collaboratively, with
input from all relevant stakeholders;
2) Open-water disposal of dredged material should be
reduced to the maximum extent practicable;
3) Where practicable, the preference is for disputes
between states related to the disposal of dredged material
and the protection of water quality to be resolved between
the states in accordance with regional plans and involving
regional bodies.

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