S 696 ISCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include a definition of fill material.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

March 25, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. ALEXANDER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public WorksCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include a definition of fill material.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Appalachia Restoration Act’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. FILL MATERIAL.

Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(26) FILL MATERIAL-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) IN GENERAL- The term ‘fill material’ means any pollutant that--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) replaces a portion of the waters of the United States with dry land; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) modifies the bottom elevation of a body of water for any purpose.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) EXCLUSIONS- The term ‘fill material’ does not include--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) the disposal of excess spoil material (as described in section 515(b)(22) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (30 U.S.C. 1265(b)(22))) in waters of the United States; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) trash or garbage.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink