,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eeaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ag1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,latta introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,federal ,water ,pollution ,control 
,act to prohibit the discharge of       
dredged material into the ,great ,lakes1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
,title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,protecting ,our ,great ,lakes ,act of  
#bjad4  #b4 ,prohibition on ,discharge  
of ,dredged ,material into the ,great   
,lakes ,system ,section #djd of the     
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdd7 is amended--     
7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by striking ,the
 ,secretary may and inserting ,except as
 provided in subsection 7u71 the        
,secretary may2  7#b7 in subsection     
7f7--  7,a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by       
striking in paragraph 7#b7 and inserting
 in paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c72 and  7,b7 

by adding at the end the following new  
paragraph3  7#c7 ,any discharge of      
dredged material into the open waters of
 the ,great ,lakes is prohibited4  2    
7#c7 in subsection 7r71 by striking ,the
 discharge and inserting ,except as     
provided in subsection 7u71 the         
discharge2 and  7#d7 by adding at the   
end the following new subsection3  7u7  
,prohibition on ,discharge of ,dredged  
,material into the ,open ,waters of the 
,great ,lakes  7#a7 ,in ,general ,the   
,secretary 7or a ,state in the case of a
 ,state program approved under this     
section7 may not issue a permit for the 
discharge of dredged material into the  
open waters of the ,great ,lakes4  7#b7 
,disposal ,areas  7,a7 ,any dredged     
material resulting from activity in the 
,great ,lakes ,system 7as defined in    
section #aah of this ,act7 shall be     
reused in beneficial ways on land or    
disposed of in a confined land-based or 
confined water-based disposal area      
determined to be economically and       

environmentally viable by the ,secretary
 in consultation with concerned ,states4
  7,b7 ,any person who violates         
subparagraph 7,a7 shall be treated as   
having violated a condition or          
limitation set forth in a permit issued 
under this section4  7#c7 ,definition   
,for purposes of this section1 the term 
open waters of the ,great ,lakes means  
all of the waters within ,lake ,erie1   
,lake ,huron 7including ,lake ,st4      
,clair71 ,lake ,michigan1 ,lake         
,ontario1 and ,lake ,superior lakeward  
from a line drawn across the mouth of   
tributaries to the ,lakes1 including all
 waters enclosed by constructed         
breakwaters1 but not including the      
connecting channels4  4