I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 517 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 26, 2011 Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Jones, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Carter, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Latta, and Mr. Griffith of Virginia) 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 eliminate the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to deny or restrict the use of a defined area as a dredged or fill material disposal site, and for other purposes.

1.

Permits for dredged or fill material

(a)

Repeal

Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(c)) is repealed. (b)

Effective date

Subsection (a) shall apply to a specification of a disposal site made under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) after the date of enactment of this Act.