US Congress Senate Bill 3009 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on June 6 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-06-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Regulatory Certainty Act of 2018 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to specify that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must determine, in consultation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, that a discharge of dredged or fill materials into a disposal area will have certain unacceptable adverse effects before the EPA prohibits the specification, or restricts the use, of an area as a disposal site. The period during which the EPA may make such a prohibition is limited to the period that: (1) begins on the date that the Corps of Engineers provides notice to the EPA that the Corps of Engineers has completed all procedures for processing an application for a permit for dredged or fill material and is ready to determine whether the permit should be issued, and (2) ends on the date that the Corps of Engineers issues the permit. The Corps of Engineers must ensure that the period consists of at least 30 consecutive days. The Corps of Engineers may issue a permit for dredged or fill material only after the Corps of Engineers provides notice to the EPA.

Regulatory Certainty Act of 2018

Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]

Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]

Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]

Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-06-06	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

SB3009 (Related) 2018-06-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
HB2917 (Related) 2017-06-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3009/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s3009/BILLS-115s3009is.pdf