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Version 79 · Reported to House without amendment · Nov 12, 2014
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Regulatory Certainty Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to limit the period during which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may prohibit the specification, or restrict the use, of an area as a disposal site for discharges of dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States to the period that:
begins on the date that the Army Corps of Engineers provides notice to the EPA that the Corps 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
ends on the date that the Corps issues the permit.
Requires the Corps to ensure that the period consists of at least 30 consecutive days.
Authorizes the Corps to issue a permit for dredged or fill material only after the Corps provides notice to the EPA.
People & committees
Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] · R–OH
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 453.
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-609.
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-609.
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 22.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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