Potomac River Protection Act of 2002

Potomac River Protection Act - Establishes pollutant discharge limits for permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act that allow discharges into any portion of the Potomac River flowing on or through land under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5554 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5554

 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     from issuing or renewing certain national pollutant discharge 
                      elimination system permits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 3, 2002

Mr. Radanovich introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     from issuing or renewing certain national pollutant discharge 
                      elimination system permits.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Potomac River Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. NPDES PERMITS FOR DISCHARGES INTO POTOMAC RIVER.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall neither renew any permit of, 
nor issue any new permit to, any Federal agency or entity for any 
discharge under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1342) into any portion of the Potomac River that flows on or 
through land under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service unless 
the new or renewed permit limits the quantity of pollutants permitted 
to be discharged to not more than 3 times the average quantity of 
pollutants permitted to be discharged by other permits issued under 
section 402 of that Act within Region III of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, as determined by the Administrator.
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