U.S. Congress - S.787 Clean Water Restoration Act
S.787 - Clean Water Restoration Act
A bill 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 (3)
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- Official: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States. as introduced.
- Short: Clean Water Restoration Act as introduced.
- Short: Clean Water Restoration Act as reported to senate.
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Official Summary
4/2/2009--Introduced.Clean Water Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to replace the term "navigable waters" that are subject to such Act with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean allOfficial Summary
4/2/2009--Introduced.Clean Water Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to replace the term "navigable waters" that are subject to such 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 affects the authority of the Secretary of the Army or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the provisions of the Clean Water Act related to discharges:(1) composed entirely of return flows from irrigated agriculture;
(2) of stormwater runoff from certain oil, gas, and mining operations composed entirely of flows from precipitation runoff conveyances, which are not contaminated by or in contact with specified materials;
(3) of dredged or fill materials resulting from normal farming, silviculture, and ranching activities, from upland soil and water conservation practices, or from activities with respect to which a state has an approved water quality regulatory program; or
(4) of dredged or fill materials for the maintenance of currently serviceable structures, the construction or maintenance of farm or stock ponds, irrigation ditches and maintenance of drainage ditches, or farm, forest, or temporary roads for moving mining equipment in accordance with best management practices, or the construction of temporary sedimentation basins on construction sites for which discharges do not include placement of fill material into the waters of the United States.
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Organizations Supporting S.787
- Clean Water Action
- Sierra Club
- U.S. Public Interest Research Groups
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Environment America
- National Wildlife Federation
- ...and 7 more. See all.
Organizations Opposing S.787
- National Corn Growers Association
- National Mining Association
Latest Letters to Congress
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S.787 Clean Water Restoration Act
spoyzer
March 04, 2012
I am writing as your constituent in the 29th Congressional district of New York. I oppose S.787 - Clean Water Restoration Act, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
My reason for my opposition is that this is little more than an unconstitutional and therefore unlawful power grab by the federal government and primarily the executive branch via the EPA, an agency that itself has no foundation in the Constitu... -
S.787 Clean Water Restoration Act
BuffGunner
March 04, 2012
I am writing as your constituent in the 3rd Congressional district of North Carolina. I oppose S.787 - Clean Water Restoration Act, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
Sincerely,
George Schryer -
S.787 Clean Water Restoration Act
Ravyn
February 24, 2012
I am writing as your constituent in the 9th Congressional district of Pennsylvania. I am writing as your constituent in the 9th Congressional district of Pennsylvania. I oppose S.787 - Clean Water Restoration Act, and am tracking it using OpenCongress.org, the free public resource website for government transparency and accountability.
Sincerely,
Gail M
Sincerely,
Gail McWilliams
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