FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT

Articles and editorials

America Before Earth Day—Smog and Disasters Spurred the Laws Trump Wants To Undo, S2430 [25AP]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: modify and improve environmental regulations and requirements for agriculture and agricultural producers (see S. 2663), S2120 [12AP]

EPA: clarify authority to prohibit the specification of a defined area, or deny or restrict the use of a defined area for specification, as a disposal site (see S. 3009), S3035 [6JN]

——— establish centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure (see H.R. 6944), H9150 [27SE]

——— establish innovative water technology grant program and encourage use of innovative water technology (see S. 3012), S3035 [6JN] (see H.R. 6727), H7920 [6SE]

——— establish Low-Income Sewer and Water Assistance Program (see S. 3015), S3035 [6JN]

——— establish pilot programs to assist low-income households in maintaining access to sanitation services and drinking water (see S. 3564), S6770 [10OC]

——— make changes relative to water quality certification (see S. 3303), S5517 [31JY] (see H.R. 6889), H8884 [25SE]

——— prohibit sewage dumping into the Great Lakes (see S. 3630), S7050 [15NO] (see H.R. 6967), H9404 [28SE]

——— provide for an integrated water pollution control planning process and promote green infrastructure (see H.R. 7279), H10169 [12DE]

——— provide for technical assistance for small water treatment works (see H.R. 5030), H1211 [15FE]

——— provide grants for construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individual household decentralized wastewater systems to individuals with low or moderate income (see S. 2771), S2484 [26AP]

——— require maximum open and free competition in procurement for certain federally-assisted water projects (see S. 3121), S4368 [25JN]

Foreign trade: prohibit importation into the U.S. of paper products that are not manufactured in accordance with requirements at least as stringent as U.S. environmental law requirements (see H.R. 5611), H3574 [25AP]

Roads and highways: increase ability of a State to administer Federal highway project permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 2586), S1875 [21MR]

San Francisco Bay: establish a grant program to support restoration (see H.R. 6752), H7941 [7SE]

Water: establish a trust fund to be funded by ending the deferral on income taxes on offshore corporate profits in order to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure (see H.R. 5609), H3574 [25AP]

——— repeal Corps of Engineers and EPA rule relative to definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ and clarify definition of navigable waters (see H.R. 7194), H9742 [29NO]

Remarks in House

EPA: prohibit exemption from water quality permitting requirements for pollution discharges from agricultural, ranching, or forestry lands under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H6459, H6460 [17JY]

——— prohibit funding to force Chesapeake Bay watershed States to comply with total maximum daily load nutrient limits and certain watershed implementation plans, H6509, H6510 [18JY]

——— provide for an integrated water pollution control planning process and promote green infrastructure (H.R. 7279), H10288–H10291 [19DE]

——— require permit for certain discharges of dredged or fill material, H4926–H4928 [7JN]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit funding for payment of legal fees of outside advocacy groups for certain environmental settlements, H6529, H6530 [18JY]

Water: establish a trust fund to be funded by ending the deferral on income taxes on offshore corporate profits in order to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure (H.R. 5609), H5754 [27JN]

——— increase watershed-based collaboration between nonpoint sources and regulated point sources of pollution in order to advance goals of Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H4124 [16MY]

——— prohibit repeal of Corps of Engineers and EPA rule relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H6460, H6461 [17JY]

——— repeal Corps of Engineers and EPA rule relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H3938 [15MY], H4225–H4227 [18MY]

Remarks in Senate

EPA: provide for an integrated water pollution control planning process and promote green infrastructure (H.R. 7279), S8036 [22DE]

Water: repeal Corps of Engineers and EPA rule relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S4328, S4329 [21JN], S4361 [25JN]

Texts of

H.R. 7279, Water Infrastructure Improvement Act, H10288 [19DE]

S. 2586, increase ability of a State to administer Federal highway project permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S1876 [21MR]