[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 696 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 696

     To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include a 
                      definition of fill material.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 25, 2009

  Mr. Cardin (for himself and Mr. Alexander) 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 include a 
                      definition of fill material.

    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 ``Appalachia Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. 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:
            ``(26) Fill material.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `fill material' means 
                any pollutant that--
                            ``(i) replaces a portion of the waters of 
                        the United States with dry land; or
                            ``(ii) modifies the bottom elevation of a 
                        body of water for any purpose.
                    ``(B) Exclusions.--The term `fill material' does 
                not include--
                            ``(i) the disposal of excess spoil material 
                        (as described in section 515(b)(22) of the 
                        Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (30 
                        U.S.C. 1265(b)(22))) in waters of the United 
                        States; or
                            ``(ii) trash or garbage.''.
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