H.R. 3898
PERMIT Act
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act or the PERMIT Act
This bill limits the scope of the Clean Water Act by redefining navigable waters to exclude (1) waste treatment systems, (2) ephemeral features that flow only in direct response to precipitation, (3) prior converted cropland, (4) groundwater, or (5) any other features determined to be excluded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Text of the bill
(a) Information and guidelines. Section 304(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1314(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the following:
(11) Administrative procedure. After the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator shall issue any new or revised water quality criteria under paragraph (1) or (9) by rule.
(b) Administrative procedure and judicial review. Section 509(b)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1369(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking section 402, and and inserting section 402,; and
(2) by inserting and (H) in issuing any criteria for water quality pursuant to section 304(a)(11), after strategy under section 304(l),.