[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5638 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5638

  To amend section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
provide that States have the final authority to establish guidelines to 
      determine which animal feeding operations are classified as 
  concentrated animal feeding operations for purposes of the national 
                pollutant discharge elimination system.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 4, 2000

Mr. Smith of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
provide that States have the final authority to establish guidelines to 
      determine which animal feeding operations are classified as 
  concentrated animal feeding operations for purposes of the national 
                pollutant discharge elimination system.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 402 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(q) Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.--A State has the 
final authority to establish guidelines for determining which animal 
feeding operations in the State are classified as concentrated animal 
feeding operations for purposes of this section. The State's guidelines 
shall provide the factors to be considered in making such a 
determination, including number and concentration of animal units, the 
properties of the discharge (including the volume and frequency of the 
discharge and the type of pollutant), and other site-specific 
factors.''.
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