,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cibg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aa1 #bjbe,mr4 
,rouzer introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,water   
,pollution ,control ,act with respect to
 general permits for the discharge of   
dredged or fill material1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,nationwide         
,permitting ,improvement ,act4  #b4     
,nationwide permitting improvement  7a7 
,in general ,section #djd7;e7 of the    
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdd7 is amended-- 7#a7
 by striking 7e77#a7 ,in carrying and   
inserting the following3  7e7 ,general  
permits on state1 regional1 or          
nationwide basis  7#a7 ,permits         
authorized ,in carrying  2  7#b7 in     
paragraph 7#b7--  7,a7 by striking 7#b7 
,no general and inserting the following3
  7#b7 ,term ,no general  2 and  7,b7 by

 striking five years and inserting ten  
years2 and  7#c7 by adding at the end   
the following3  7#c7 ,considerations ,in
 determining the environmental effects  
of an activity under paragraph 7#a7 or  
7#b71 the ,secretary-- 7,a7 shall       
consider only the effects of any        
discharge of dredged or fill material   
resulting from such activity2 and  7,b7 
shall consider any effects of a         
discharge of dredged or fill material   
into less than #c acres of navigable    
waters to be a minimal adverse          
environmental effect4  7#d7 ,nationwide 
permits for linear infrastructure       
projects  7,a7 ,in general              
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section1 the ,secretary shall      
maintain general permits on a nationwide
 basis for linear infrastructure        
projects that result in a discharge of  
dredged or fill material into less than 
#c acres of navigable waters for each   
single and complete project 7as defined 
in section #ccj4b of title #cc1 ,code of

 ,federal ,regulations 7as in effect on 
the date of enactment of this           
paragraph774  7,b7 ,definition of linear
 infrastructure project ,in this        
paragraph1 the term linear              
infrastructure project means a project  
to carry out any activity required for  
the construction1 expansion1            
maintenance1 modification1 or removal of
 infrastructure and associated          
facilities for the transmission from a  
point of origin to a terminal point of  
communications or electricity1 or for   
the transportation from a point of      
origin to a terminal point of people1   
water1 wastewater1 carbon dioxide1 or   
fuel or hydrocarbons 7in the form of a  
liquid1 liquescent1 gaseous1 or slurry  
substance or supercritical fluid71      
including oil and gas pipeline          
facilities4  7#e7 ,reissuance of        
nationwide permits ,in determining      
whether to reissue a general permit     
issued under this subsection on a       
nationwide basis--  7,a7 no consultation

 with an applicable ,state pursuant to  
section #f7;a7 of the ,endangered       
,species ,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4   
#aece7;a77 is required2  7,b7 no        
consultation with a ,federal agency     
pursuant to section #g7;a77#b7 of such  
,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aecf7;a77#b77 is   
required2 and  7,c7 the requirements of 
section #ajb7b77;,c7 of the ,national   
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dccb7b77;,c77 shall be  
satisfied by preparing an environmental 
assessment with respect to such general 
permit4  4  7b7 ,regulatory revisions   
required ,the ,secretary of the ,army1  
acting through the ,chief of ,engineers1
 shall expeditiously revise the         
regulations applicable to carrying out  
section #djd7;e7 of the ,federal ,water 
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#acdd7 in order to streamline the       
processes for issuing general permits   
under such section to promote efficient 
and consistent implementation of such   
section4  7c7 ,administration of        

nationwide permit program ,in carrying  
out section #djd7;e7 of the ,federal    
,water ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc    
,u4,s4,c4 #acdd71 including in revising 
regulations under subsection 7b7 of this
 section1 the ,secretary of the ,army1  
acting through the ,chief of ,engineers1
 may not finalize or implement any      
modification to-- 7#a7 general condition
 #ae 7relating to single and complete   
projects71 as included in the final rule
 titled ,reissuance and ,modification of
 ,nationwide ,permits and published on  
,january #ac1 #bjba1 by the ,department 
of the ,army1 ,corps of ,engineers 7#hf 
,fed4 ,reg4 #bhfh72  7#b7 the definition
 of the term single and complete linear 
project1 as included in such final rule 
7#hf ,fed4 ,reg4 #bhgg72 or  7#c7 the   
definition of the term single and       
complete project1 as included in section
 #ccj4b of title #cc1 ,code of ,federal 
,regulations 7as in effect on the date  
of enactment of this ,act74