Amendment104th Congress
Amendment clarifies that the anti-back sliding exceptions of the Clean Water Act should be construed as allowing regulators to renew, reissue, or modify a discharge permit to contain a less stringent effluent limitation applicable to the concentration or loading of a pollutant as long as other clean water precautions are followed.
- Amendment Number
- 375
- Description
- Amendment clarifies that the anti-back sliding exceptions of the Clean Water Act should be construed as allowing regulators to renew, reissue, or modify a discharge permit to contain a less stringent effluent limitation applicable to the concentration or loading of a pollutant as long as other clean water precautions are followed.
- Purpose
- An amendment (printed as amendment No. 47 in the Congressional Record of May 9) to clarify that the "anti-back sliding" exceptions of the Clean Water Act should be construed as allowing regulators to renew, reissue, or modify a discharge permit to contain a less stringent effluent limitation applicable to the concentration or loading of a pollutant under certain circumstances.
- Congress
- 104
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- May 11, 1995
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Riggs amendment (A020) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 19:23:15
- Submitted Date
- May 11, 1995
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Aug 15, 2021