Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015

Summary

Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015 This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to define the period of time in which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is authorized to restrict or deny a permit for the discharge of dredged or fill materials into navigable waters as the period that: begins on the date that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers publishes a notice for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters at specified disposal sites, and ends on the date that the Army Corps issues the permit. The EPA must make all the information and data that it reviewed in making a determination publicly available. The EPA's authority to withdraw a specification of a defined area as a disposal site for the discharge of dredged or fill materials is eliminated. Any previous action by the EPA that occurred outside of this period to deny or restrict a permit or to prohibit the specification of any defined area as a disposal site is nullified.

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Timeline

1. 22 January 2015

   Introduced

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

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 22 January 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 22 January 2015 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [I-WV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
• Mitch McConnell · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
• James Risch · R · Sponsor
• Mike Crapo · R · Sponsor
• John Barrasso · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
• James Lankford · R · Cosponsor
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