The Clean Water Protection Act () was a bill introduced in the 111th United States Congress via the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. It proposed to redefine "fill material" to not include mining "waste" under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
It was introduced by Frank Pallone and Chris Shays in the 110th Congress, and almost identical bills had been introduced in previous years. As of July 2009, H.R.1310 had 154 co-sponsors.U.S. Library of Congress. "H.R. 1310." List of cosponsors. THOMAS (Legislative reference database). Accessed 2009-07-21. Environmental groups such as Appalachian Voices, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and Sierra Club supported the legislation because of their stance against mountaintop removal mining. It would also have affected situations similar to the Kensington Mine operation near Juneau, Alaska where a mine was permitted to discharge mining waste into a small lake as "fill."U.S. Supreme Court. Coeur Alaska, Inc v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, et al. 557 U.S. ___ (2009). Decided 2009-06-22. Slip Opinion No. 07-984.
CongressShort titleBill number(s)Date introducedSponsor(s)# of cosponsorsLatest status107th CongressClean Water Protection ActJune 8, 2002Frank Pallone (D-NJ)36Died in committee108th CongressFebruary 12, 2003Frank Pallone (D-NJ)64Died in committee109th CongressMay 26, 2005Frank Pallone (D-NJ)76Died in committee110th CongressMay 3, 2007Frank Pallone (D-NJ)152Died in committee111th CongressMarch 4, 2009Frank Pallone (D-NJ)172Died in committee112th CongressApril 5, 2011Frank Pallone (D-NJ)131Died in committee113th CongressMay 6, 2013Frank Pallone (D-NJ)94Died in committee114th CongressNovember 30, 2016Frank Pallone (D-NJ)0Died in committee
See also Clean Water Act Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
References
External links Text of H.R.1310 in Library of Congress Reference