H.R.2421 - Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Official: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States. as introduced.

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5/22/2007--Introduced.Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean al

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5/22/2007--Introduced.
Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting them, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution. Declares that nothing in such Act shall be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of the Army or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act related to discharges:
(1) composed entirely of agricultural return flows;
(2) of stormwater runoff from oil, gas, and mining operations; or
(3) of dredged or fill materials resulting from normal farming, silviculture, and ranching activities or from activities with respect to which a state has an approved program, or for the purposes of maintenance of currently serviceable structures or drainage ditches, construction or maintenance of farm or stock ponds, irrigation ditches, or farm, forest, or temporary roads for moving mining equipment, or construction of temporary sedimentation basins on construction sites.


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10/23/07
Clean water bill is a power grab

HR 2421 is misleadingly titled the "Clean Water Restoration Act. The bill has nothing to do with clean water and if enacted, the federal government for the ...

Source: Post-Bulletin, MN
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10/19/07
Stop the Clean Water Restoration Act

HR 2421 is misleadingly titled the “Clean Water Restoration Act.” The bill has nothing to do with clean water and if enacted, the federal government for the ...

Source: Winona Daily News, MN
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10/19/07
Guest Opinion: Let's not cloud water law with needless words

HR 2421 would enable federal agencies to dole out permits for routine actions by farmers, ranchers and ordinary homeowners because it would expand federal ...

Source: Farm Bureau News
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07/05/11
H.R.2421: Layoff Prevention Act of 2011 - U.S. ... - OpenCongress

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12/25/08
H.R. 2421: FED GOV Controls ALL water in US | Water Restoration

HR 2421 (S 1870)would give the federal government control over all waters of the United States. (introduced in December) HR 2421Clean Water Restoration Act.

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12/11/08
Fight Fire with Fire: cutting throught the matrix....Alan Watt

Heinz, Canned Denatured Food - War Tactics: Food and Water - ADM, Monsanto - Feudal Hegemony - H.R. 2421 "Clean Water Restoration Act". (Book: "UNESCO, Its Purpose and Its Philosophy" by Julian Huxley.) *Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt .

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