S. 971
Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3573)
Sponsor
Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Jan 11, 2023
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Bill Type
- S
- Bill Number
- 971
- Congress
- 113
- Introduced Date
- May 16, 2013
- Policy Area
- Environmental Protection
- Is Law
- No
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3573)
Source: Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3573)
Source: Library of Congress
Introduced in Senate
Source: Library of Congress
Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring, or from promulgating regulations that direct a state to require, a permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from the conduct of the following silvicultural activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, and road use, construction, and maintenance.
Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts a silvicultural activity resulting in the discharge of dredged of fill material from permit requirements for discharges into navigable waters.
Environment and Public Works Committee
Introduced in Senate
May 16, 2013