[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1914 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1914

 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

                             July 30, 2015

 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 2015''.

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--
            (1) by striking ``(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this 
        section'' and insert the following:
    ``(b) Specification for Disposal Sites.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to subsection (c)'';
            (2) by striking ``the Secretary (1) through'' and inserting 
        the following: ``the Secretary--
                    ``(A) through'';
            (3) by striking ``section 403(c), and (2) in any case where 
        such guidelines under clause (1) alone'' and inserting the 
        following: ``section 403(c); and
                    ``(B) in any case in which guidelines under 
                subparagraph (A) alone''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Limitation.--Guidelines under paragraph (1) may 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 when 
        determining whether there is a practicable alternative to a 
        proposed discharge that would result in less adverse impact on 
        the aquatic ecosystem.''.
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