H.R. 517 · 112th Congress

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to eliminate the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to deny or restrict the use of a defined area as a dredged or fill material disposal site, and for other purposes.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Don Young
Introduced
2011-01-26
Latest action
2011-01-27 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summary

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to repeal the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the specification of, or to deny or restrict the use of, a defined area as a disposal site for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters.