[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 830 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 830

   To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to insert a new 
     definition relating to oil and gas exploration and production.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 18, 2005

   Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Cornyn) 
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 insert a new 
     definition relating to oil and gas exploration and production.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITION RELATING TO OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND 
              PRODUCTION.

    Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1362) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(24) Oil and gas exploration, production, processing, 
        treatment operation, or transmission.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `oil and gas 
                exploration, production, processing, treatment 
                operation, or transmission' means all field activities 
                or operations associated with oil or gas exploration, 
                production, or processing, or oil or gas treatment 
                operations or transmission facilities.
                    ``(B) Inclusions.--The term `oil and gas 
                exploration, production, processing, treatment 
                operation, or transmission' includes activities 
                necessary to prepare a site for oil or gas drilling and 
                for the movement and placement of drilling equipment, 
                whether or not the field activities or operations may 
                be considered to be construction activities.''.
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