To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to propose a new nationwide permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for dredging projects, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to propose a new nationwide permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for dredging projects, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Transportation, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H1EA2CE4EDDC34D758F675828FAEA0E71: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dredging to Ensure the Empowerment of Ports Act or the DEEP Act.
- Section H4C3CDE8630EF47DABAC2725C2F4F53C4: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term certifying authority, with respect to an activity for which a certification is required under section 401 of the Federal...
- Section HFD1D1C2DA15E4829817710EA64AE3375: 3. Dredging project nationwide permit Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall propose a new nationwide permit under...
- Section HE41394D4DC5B4633B51D5350BE67ED44: 4. Proposed activities under the nationwide permit If a permittee seeks to carry out an activity authorized under the NWP, the permittee shall— notify the...
- Section H9A1D48D939064348A67306F3A2ED6E5A: 5. Dredging; dredged material Section 55109 of title 46, United States Code, is repealed. The analysis for chapter 551 of title 46, United States Code, is...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to propose a new nationwide permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for dredging projects, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Transportation, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to propose a new nationwide permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for dredging projects, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Moylan introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "administrator_of_epa"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
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