Timber and Agriculture Environmental Fairness Act

Summary

Timber and Agriculture Environmental Fairness Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit for discharges composed entirely of agricultural stormwater discharges or for discharges from silviculture operations. Excludes discharges of stormwater runoff from silvicultural operations from the definition of "point source."

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Timeline

1. 2 March 2000

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 2 March 2000

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 8 March 2000

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1290-1291)

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 2 March 2000 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 March 2000

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 2 March 2000

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Sponsors

• Sen. Hutchinson, Tim [R-AR] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssev00 · Standing

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