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H.R. 457

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To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to remove the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to disapprove after a permit has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.
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Committee
Latest Action · January 27, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Congress
112th (2011–2013)
Introduced
January 26, 2011
Cosponsors (15)
1D 14R
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Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to remove the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the specification of any defined area as a disposal site for discharges of materials into waters of the United States , or to restrict the use of any defined area for specification as a disposal site, once the Secretary of the Army has issued a permit for dredged or fill material.

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