HR 872 RFSSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Calendar No. 78CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

112th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

H. R. 872CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

April 4, 2011CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

June 21 (legislative day, June 16), 2011CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Reported by Ms. STABENOW, without amendmentCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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AN ACTCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes.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 ‘Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. USE OF AUTHORIZED PESTICIDES.

Section 3(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(5) USE OF AUTHORIZED PESTICIDES- Except as provided in section 402(s) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator or a State may not require a permit under such Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under this Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. DISCHARGES OF PESTICIDES.

Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(s) Discharges of Pesticides-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) NO PERMIT REQUIREMENT- Except as provided in paragraph (2), a permit shall not be required by the Administrator or a State under this Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) EXCEPTIONS- Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the following discharges of a pesticide or pesticide residue:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) A discharge resulting from the application of a pesticide in violation of a provision of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that is relevant to protecting water quality, if--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) the discharge would not have occurred but for the violation; orCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) the amount of pesticide or pesticide residue in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the violation.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) Stormwater discharges subject to regulation under subsection (p).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) The following discharges subject to regulation under this section:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) Manufacturing or industrial effluent.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) Treatment works effluent.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(iii) Discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including a discharge resulting from ballasting operations or vessel biofouling prevention.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Passed the House of Representatives March 31, 2011.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Attest:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

KAREN L. HAAS,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Clerk.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Calendar No. 78CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

112th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

H. R. 872CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

AN ACTCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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June 21 (legislative day, June 16), 2011CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Reported without amendmentCommentsClose CommentsPermalink