H.R.1310 - Clean Water Protection Act

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Clean Water Protection Act as introduced.
  • Official: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste. as introduced.

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03/31/11
H.R.1310: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt ...

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12/19/10
CALL related to teaching 1

House Bill HR 1310, which has now passed the House, covers several areas concerning the future of education (including foreign languages) in this country and provides for the following: national teaching scholarships ...

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12/17/10
Clean Water Act: Clean Water Protection Act

The Clean Water Protection Act (HR 1310 ) is a bill introduced in the 111th United States Congress via the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. ...

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12/15/10
Reason to Believe in Environmental Justice: Coalfields Hero Judy Bonds

Currently we have proposed two bills: a House bill: (HR 1310) the Clean Water Protection Act, and a Senate bill: (S. 696) the Appalachia Restoration Act. Both bills will sharply reduce mountaintop removal coal mining, and protect clean ...

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12/14/10
Reason for White House to Believe in Environmental Justice: Judy ...

Currently we have proposed two bills: a House bill: (H.R. 1310) the Clean Water Protection Act, and a Senate bill: (S. 696) the Appalachia Restoration Act. Both bills will sharply reduce mountaintop removal coal mining, ...

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12/14/10
Jeff Biggers: Reason to Believe in Environmental Justice ...

Currently we have proposed two bills: a House bill: (H.R. 1310) the Clean Water Protection Act, and a Senate bill: (S. 696) the Appalachia Restoration Act. Both bills will sharply reduce mountaintop removal coal mining, ...

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12/14/10
Reason for White House to Believe in Environmental Justice: Judy ...

Currently we have proposed two bills: a House bill: (H.R. 1310) the Clean Water Protection Act, and a Senate bill: (S. 696) the Appalachia Restoration Act. Both bills will sharply reduce mountaintop removal coal mining, ...

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12/02/10
Turn The Page 12/2/2010 - Oro Shango | Internet Radio | Blog Talk ...

JW currently serves in Washington DC as Appalachian Voices Legislative Associate working to pass two pieces of legislation the Clean Water Protection Act HR 1310 in the House and the Appalachia Restoration Act S 696 in the Senate.

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12/01/10
Environmental Legislation: Mountaintop Mining: Background on ...

Congressional attention to these issues also is discussed, including legislation in the 111th Congress that seeks to restrict the practice (H.R. 1310, the Clean Water Protection Act, and S. 696, the Appalachia Restoration Act) and other ...

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12/01/10
Penny Hill Press » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Mining: Background ...

Congressional attention to these issues also is discussed, including legislation in the 111th Congress that seeks to restrict the practice (H.R. 1310, the Clean Water Protection Act, and S. 696, the Appalachia Restoration Act) and other ...

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11/21/10
Fighting the battle of Blair Mountain | Beth Wellington | Comment ...

(A similar piece, the The Clean Water Protection Act (H.R. 1310) Clean Water Protection Act has 173 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives.) I wrote both Senators about the effects of the designation. ...

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11/14/10
iLoveMountains.org » Blog Archive - End Mountaintop Removal Coal ...

This fall, the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) passed a resolution supporting the passage of the Clean Water Protection Act ( H.R. 1310), stating that “the SSSP strongly encourages Congress to pass legislation to ensure ...

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11/11/10
West Virginia Blue:: Rahall to leave Natural Resources Committee

so Rahall's move in Jan 2011 has no immediate impact on HR 1310, the Clean Water Protection Act. Second, do you think a bill like that will get out of committee with John Mica R-FL or a Don Young R-AK having the gavel? ...

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11/10/10
End Mountaintop Removal Now

Then, take a moment to write your representatives and ask them to pass the Clean Water Protection Act (H.R. 1310) at http://www.ilovemountains.org/write-your-rep/ and the Appalachia Restoration Act (S. 696) at ...

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11/04/10
Daily Kos: State of the Nation

The House bill is the Clean Water Protection Act (H.R. 1310). The Senate bill is the Appalachia Restoration Act (S. 696). Right now, the CWPA has 172 cosponsors in the current congress. In case you think this is one of those thousand ...

Source: Daily Kos
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11/04/10
Lift up your eyes...

The House bill is the Clean Water Protection Act (HR 1310). The Senate bill is the Appalachia Restoration Act (S. 696). Right now, the CWPA has 172 cosponsors in the current congress. In case you think this is one of those thousand page ...

Source: Daily Kos
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10/26/10
Congress and the Public Oppose Mountaintop Removal « Appalachian ...

This fall, the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) passed a resolution supporting the passage of the Clean Water Protection Act ( H.R. 1310), stating that “the SSSP strongly encourages Congress to pass legislation to ensure ...

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10/26/10
UUCS - SOCIAL JUSTICE: APPALACHIA RISING/ Supplement to Oct. 31st ...

I am writing to thank you for becoming a co-sponsor of the Clean Water Protection Act, H.R. 1310. As you know, this bill is critical for protecting the nation's waters from being polluted and buried by waste created during mountaintop ...

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10/19/10
NC-4: BJ Lawson in his own words | BlueNC

H.R. 1310, the Clean Water Protection Act, would end the old practice in mountaintop mining of just taking all the heavy-metal-polluted rubble, calling it "fill material," and dumping it into streams from which toxins leach into water ...

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10/14/10
EPA closing on Spruce Mine veto - News - The Charleston Gazette ...

The ABSOLUTE best thing that could happen is for CONGRESS to pass THE CLEAN WATER PROTECTION ACT – ( H.R. 1310 ) , with its current 172 (ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO ) co-sponsors ...... reversing and eliminating the illegalities of BUSH ...

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10/14/10
EPA closing on Spruce Mine veto - News - The Charleston Gazette ...

The ABSOLUTE best thing that could happen is for CONGRESS to pass THE CLEAN WATER PROTECTION ACT – ( H.R. 1310 ) , with its current 172 (ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO ) co-sponsors ...... reversing and eliminating the illegalities of BUSH ...

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10/14/10
EPA closing on Spruce Mine veto - News - The Charleston Gazette ...

The ABSOLUTE best thing that could happen is for CONGRESS to pass THE CLEAN WATER PROTECTION ACT – ( H.R. 1310 ) , with its current 172 (ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO ) co-sponsors ...... reversing and eliminating the illegalities of BUSH ...

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10/14/10
West Virginia mother asks Michelle Obama to help with passage of ...

As well as being my friend, Magdalene is a local Huntington resident, a good mother, and a private Citizen-lobbyist, who works for the passage of the Clean Water Protection Act (HR 1310, see also, Wikepedia) and the Appalachian ...

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10/14/10
Environmental Legislation: Mountaintop Mining: Background on ...

Congressional attention to these issues, including legislation that seeks to restrict the practice (H.R. 1310, the Clean Water Protection Act, and S. 696, the Appalachia Restoration Act) and other legislation seeking to block the ...

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10/06/10
Manchin announces suit to block EPA mine permit reviews - News ...

The ABSOLUTE best thing that could happen is for CONGRESS to pass THE CLEAN WATER PROTECTION ACT – ( H.R. 1310 ) , with its current 172 (ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO ) co-sponsors .... reversing and eliminating the illegalities of BUSH ...

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10/05/10
Mountaintop removal column full of fallacies - CollegiateTimes.com

Current legislation in both houses of Congress would keep toxic coal waste out of our public waterways. Please call your representatives and ask them to support the Clean Water Protection Act (HR 1310) in the House and the Appalachia ...

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10/02/10
Open letter to BJ Lawson | BlueNC

H.R. 1310, the Clean Water Protection Act, would end the old practice in mountaintop mining of just taking all the heavy-metal-polluted rubble, calling it "fill material," and dumping it into streams from which toxins leach into water ...

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10/01/10
Coal companies may form 527 group to target anti-coal incumbent ...

Chandler also is a sponsor of H.R. 1310, a bill intended to ban valley fills and “therefore eliminate most coal mining in Appalachia.” Conway, he added, “has made statements that call into serious question whether he would be willing to ...

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09/29/10
Review supports EPA science about damaging impacts of mountaintop ...

There is H.R. 1310 and S. 696 in congress right now sitting in committee because Dems are to afraid to move for a vote and Rep are claiming its just another progressive administration's attack on coal. ...

Source: Coal Tattoo
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09/27/10
Appalachia rises up at rally in D.C.! « Appalachian Voices

... to vote on two companion bills, the Appalachian Restoration Act (S. 696) in the Senate and the Clean Water Protection Act (H.R. 1310) in the house, both will make amendments to protect the waters that are dirtied from this practice. ...

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