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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2937
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 1, 2013
Mr. Hurt (for himself, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, Mr. Hanna, and Mr. Owens) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the guidelines for specification of certain disposal sites for dredged or fill material.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Commonsense Permitting for Job
Creation Act of 2013
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Guidelines for specification of certain disposal sites
Section 404(b) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: Such guidelines may not prohibit the
specification of a site due to the lack of a final site plan resulting from the
lack of an identified end user or industry or industrial classification for the
site when determining whether there is a practicable alternative to a proposed
discharge that would result in less adverse impact on the aquatic
ecosystem.
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