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I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2169 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 3, 2007 Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Chandler, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Farr, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Sires, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Berman, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Honda, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Hare, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Serrano, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Stark, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Inslee, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Tierney, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Rush, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Platts, Mr. Clay, Mr. Hodes, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Allen, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Lee, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Shuler, and Mr. Spratt) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste.

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Short title

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

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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: (25)

Fill material

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. .