[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1470 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1470

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the 
 guidelines for specification of certain disposal sites for dredged or 
                             fill material.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2013

 Mr. Kaine (for himself and Mr. Warner) 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 with respect to the 
 guidelines for specification of certain disposal sites for 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 ``Commonsense Permitting for Job 
Creation Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. GUIDELINES FOR SPECIFICATION OF CERTAIN DISPOSAL SITES.

    Section 404(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1344(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The 
guidelines described in this subsection shall not prohibit the 
specification of a site due to the lack of a final site plan resulting 
from the lack of an identified end-user or industry or industrial 
classification for the site in determining whether there exists a 
practicable alternative to a proposed discharge that would result in 
less adverse impact on the aquatic ecosystem.''.
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