113 HR 2937 IH: Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013 U.S. House of Representatives 2013-08-01 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 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.

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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..