[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1701 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1701

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify a provision 
   relating to discharges of dredged or fill material into navigable 
                  waters at specified disposal sites.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2015

 Ms. Murkowski 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 modify a provision 
   relating to discharges of dredged or fill material into navigable 
                  waters at specified disposal sites.

    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 ``Infrastructure Rehabilitation Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. DISCHARGE INTO NAVIGABLE WATERS AT SPECIFIED DISPOSAL SITES.

    Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1344) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(a) Discharge Into Navigable Waters at Specified Disposal 
Sites.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary 
        may issue permits, after notice and opportunity for public 
        hearings, for the discharge of dredged or fill material into 
        the navigable waters at specified disposal sites.
            ``(2) Publication of notice.--Not later than 15 days after 
        the date on which an applicant submits all the information 
        required to complete an application for a permit under this 
        subsection, the Secretary shall publish the notice required 
        under paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Natural disaster.--The Secretary may issue permits 
        under paragraph (1) without providing notice or opportunity for 
        public hearings in the event of a natural disaster (including 
        an earthquake, flood, hurricane, tornado, or avalanche) that 
        has damaged a roadway, railway, airport, or other 
        transportation infrastructure such that immediate construction 
        is required to restore the infrastructure to working order.''.
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