Bill would expand Clean Water Act.Sen. Russ Feingold Russell Dana "Russ" Feingold (born March 2, 1953) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He has served as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate and the junior Senator from Wisconsin since 1993. A recipient of the John F. (D-Wis.) has introduced the Clean Water Restoration Act. which would remove the word "navigable NAVIGABLE. Capable of being navigated. 2. In law, the term navigable is applied to the sea, to arms of the sea, and to rivers in which the tide flows and reflows. 5 Taunt. R. 705; S. C. Eng. Com. Law Rep. 240; 5 Pick. R. 199; Ang. Tide Wat. 62; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. " from the Clean Water Act, expanding federal jurisdiction to include every wet area in the U.S. Specifically, the bill would regulate everywhere that rainwater happens to flow, including pipes, roadside ditches and gutters. Jurisdiction of these waters would be given to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and . Building and parking lot renovations, as well as the construction of new plants would require federal permits. For more information regarding On the Hill items, contact Stephanie Salmon, AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System Washington Office, at ssalmon@ afsinc.org or 202/842-4864. |
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