3.0.0 234 2023-01-11T13:28:50Z 2023-01-11T13:28:50Z Senate S 2015-01-22 114 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-22T19:29:28Z Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 114 54 S 2015-01-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Identical bill CRS 2015-01-22 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2015-01-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2015-01-22 True H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2015-01-22 True M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2015-01-22 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2015-01-22 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2015-01-22 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2015-01-22 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2015-01-22 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2015-01-22 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2015-01-27 False Environmental Protection Administrative remedies Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Licensing and registrations Solid waste and recycling Water quality Environmental Protection 00 2015-01-22 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-01T21:19:09Z Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015

This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to define the period of time in which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is authorized to restrict or deny a permit for the discharge of dredged or fill materials into navigable waters as the period that:

  • begins on the date that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers publishes a notice for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters at specified disposal sites, and
  • ends on the date that the Army Corps issues the permit.

The EPA must make all the information and data that it reviewed in making a determination publicly available.

The EPA's authority to withdraw a specification of a defined area as a disposal site for the discharge of dredged or fill materials is eliminated.

Any previous action by the EPA that occurred outside of this period to deny or restrict a permit or to prohibit the specification of any defined area as a disposal site is nullified.

]]> Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 Display Title Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to confirm the scope of the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to deny or restrict the use of defined areas as disposal sites. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s234is/xml/BILLS-114s234is.xml 2015-01-22 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.