[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 272 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 272

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify and confirm 
    the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to deny or 
 restrict the use of defined areas as disposal sites for the discharge 
                      of dredged or fill material.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 3, 2011

 Mr. Manchin (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Wicker, 
Mr. Boozman, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Portman) 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 clarify and confirm 
    the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to deny or 
 restrict the use of defined areas as disposal sites for the discharge 
                      of dredged or 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 ``EPA Fair Play Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMITS FOR DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL.

    (a) In General.--Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(c)) is amended in the first sentence by 
striking ``The Administrator'' and inserting ``Until such time as a 
permit under this section has been issued by the Secretary, the 
Administrator''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
effect on October 18, 1972.
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