Clean Water Protection Act

Clean Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to define "fill material" to mean any pollutant that replaces portions of waters of the United States with dry land or that changes the bottom elevation of a water body for any purpose and to exclude any pollutant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1837 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1837

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill 
                 material cannot be comprised of waste.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 2013

   Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Yarmuth, Ms. Linda T. 
   Sanchez of California, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Holt, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. 
  Conyers, Mr. Capuano, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
Fitzpatrick, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Honda, Mr. Moran, 
 Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Norton, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Rangel, Ms. 
 Edwards, Mr. Himes, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. 
Scott of Virginia, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Tsongas, 
 Mr. Nadler, Ms. Chu, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Ellison, 
Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Polis, 
Mr. Michaud, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
Hastings of Florida, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill 
                 material cannot be comprised of waste.

    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 ``Clean Water Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF FILL MATERIAL.

    Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1362) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(26) Fill material.--The term `fill material' means any 
        pollutant which replaces portions of the waters of the United 
        States with dry land or which changes the bottom elevation of a 
        water body for any purpose. The term does not include any 
        pollutant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of 
        waste.''.
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