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HAMDT 359 (104th)

An amendment (printed as amendment No. 33 in the Congressional Record of May 9) to delete several provisions in Title III of the bill that would: 1. Eliminate the current requirement that EPA first list a pollutant before it or a state may allow a permit-holder to comply with Best Practical Control Technology or water quality standards in lieu of Best Available Technology; 2. authorize the EPA or states to modify effluent limitations in permits for coal remining even if the operations exceed state water quality standards under certain circumstances; 3. stipulate that coal remining operations which began operation prior to the adoption of new standards should be considered to be in compliance; 4. provide flexibility for permit-holders to undertake innovative pollution prevention measures; 5. revise the standards and procedures for determining water quality standards.