[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2065 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2065

    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the 
 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to differentiate 
between fats, oils, and greases of animal, marine, or vegetable origin, 
 and other oils and greases, in issuing regulations under the Act, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                  May 3 (legislative day, May 2), 1994

 Mr. Harkin (for himself and Mr. Lugar) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the 
 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to differentiate 
between fats, oils, and greases of animal, marine, or vegetable origin, 
 and other oils and greases, in issuing regulations under the Act, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DIFFERENTIATION AMONG FATS, OILS, AND GREASES.

    Section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1321) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(t) Fats, Oils, and Greases.--
            ``(1) In general.--In issuing or enforcing any regulation, 
        or any interpretation or guideline, relating to a fat, oil, or 
        grease under this Act or any other Federal law, each of the 
        President, the Administrator, and the head of any Federal 
        agency shall differentiate between--
                    ``(A)(i) animal fats and oils and greases, and fish 
                and marine mammal oils, within the meaning of paragraph 
                (2) of section 61(a) of title 13, United States Code; 
                or
                    ``(ii) oils of vegetable origin, including oils 
                from the seeds, nuts, and kernels referred to in 
                paragraph (1)(A) of such section; and
                    ``(B) other oils and greases, including petroleum.
            ``(2) Considerations.--In differentiating between the class 
        of fats, oils, and greases described in paragraph (1)(A) and 
        the class of oils and greases described in paragraph (1)(B), 
        each of the President, the Administrator, and the head of the 
        Federal agency shall consider differences in the physical, 
        chemical, biological, and other properties, and in the 
        environmental effects, of the classes.''.

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