[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4683 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4683

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill 
                 material cannot be comprised of waste.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2002

Mr. Pallone (for himself and Mr. Shays) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill 
                 material cannot be comprised of waste.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Water Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF FILL MATERIAL.

    Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1362) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(24) The term `fill material' means any pollutant which replaces 
portions of the waters of the United States with dry land or which 
changes the bottom elevation of a water body for any purpose. The term 
does not include any pollutant discharged into the water primarily to 
dispose of waste.''.
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