3.0.0 1554 2023-01-11T13:30:42Z 2023-01-11T13:30:42Z Senate S 2015-06-11 114 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-06-11T16:39:33Z FRESHER Act of 2015 114 1460 HR 2015-03-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Related bill CRS 2015-06-11 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2015-06-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2015-06-11 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2015-06-11 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2015-06-11 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2015-07-08 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-07-13 False Environmental Protection Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural practices and innovations Congressional oversight Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Licensing and registrations Oil and gas Water quality Environmental Protection 00 2015-06-11 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-30T15:46:19Z Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2015 or the FRESHER Act of 2015

This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow the Environmental Protection Agency to require a permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for discharges of stormwater runoff from: (1) mining operations; (2) oil and gas operations; or (3) transmission facilities for collecting and conveying precipitation runoff that are not contaminated by contact with any overburden, raw material, intermediate products, finished product, byproduct, or waste products located on the site of the operations.

The Department of the Interior must study stormwater runoff associated with oil or gas operations, including an analysis of: (1) measurable contamination, (2) groundwater resources, and (3) the susceptibility of aquifers to contamination from stormwater runoff associated with the operations.

]]> FRESHER Act of 2015 Display Title FRESHER Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study with respect to stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced FRESHER Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1554is/xml/BILLS-114s1554is.xml 2015-06-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.