FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: codify exemptions for farming, forestry, and ranching relative to permit requirements for dredged or fill material (see H.R. 4278), H1739 [28MR]

Chesapeake Bay: support efforts to reduce pollution of the watershed (see H.R. 4153), H1272 [7MR]

EPA: assist planning and construction of treatment works to intercept, transport, or treat municipal and sanitary sewer overflows, and update guidance used to implement certain clean water programs (see S. 2094), S494 [9FE]

——— establish a moratorium on aerial surveillance under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 6093), H4774 [10JY]

——— limit authority relative to numeric nutrient criteria for water quality requirements (see S. 2115), S850 [16FE] (see H.R. 3856), H219 [31JA]

——— reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program (see S. 3264), S3729 [5JN] (see S. 3687), S8071 [17DE]

Great Lakes: protect and restore (see S. 3588), S6545 [20SE]

Petroleum: establish Federal Oil Spill Research Committee and improve oil spill response plans (see S. 3298), S4203 [14JN]

Sewage disposal: ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (see S. 3388), S5047 [16JY]

States: preserve authority to make determinations relating to water quality standards (see S. 3558), S6454 [19SE]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 2245), S2166 [28MR] (see H.R. 4965), H2266 [27AP]

Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 6249), H5628 [1AU]

Letters

Corps of Engineers finalization of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act: several sportsman and conservation organizations, H3376 [1JN]

Remarks in House

Chesapeake Bay: support efforts to reduce pollution of the watershed (H.R. 4153), E329 [7MR]

Corps of Engineers: finalize proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H3372–H3377 [1JN], E977 [5JN]

EPA: prohibit ability to retroactively invalidate water quality permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H6239, H6240 [21SE]

——— reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program (S. 3687), H6855 [18DE], E1992 [21DE]

States: preserve authority to make determinations relating to water quality standards, H6201, H6202 [20SE]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H5022 [19JY]

Water pollution: maintain current deadline for comment periods by Federal agencies on water quality permits, H6237–H6239 [21SE]

Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund: establish (H.R. 6249), E1382 [1AU]

Remarks in Senate

EPA: assist planning and construction of treatment works to intercept, transport, or treat municipal and sanitary sewer overflows, and update guidance used to implement certain clean water programs (S. 2094), S413 [9FE]

——— reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program (S. 3687), S8088 [17DE], S8114 [18DE]

——— use of aerial surveillance of agricultural operations, S4381, S4382 [21JN]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S3932 [12JN], S4168 [14JN]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (S. 2245), S3032 [9MY]

Reports filed

EPA Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 3264) (S. Rept. 112–185), S5046 [16JY]

Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2018) (S. Rept. 112–184), S5046 [16JY]

Preserving Rural Resources Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4278) (H. Rept. 112–683), H6230 [20SE]

Prevent EPA or Corps of Engineers Finalization of Proposed Guidance on Identification of Waters Protected by Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4965) (H. Rept. 112–681), H6230 [20SE]

San Francisco Bay Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 97) (S. Rept. 112–136), S131 [26JA]

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2541) (H. Rept. 112–684), H6230 [20SE]

Texts of

S. 3687, EPA Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program reauthorization, S8088 [17DE], H6855 [18DE]