Maintaining Cooperative Permitting Act of 2024

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Introduced on April 20, 2024 by Aaron Bean

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Legislation Details

  • The bill is titled the “Maintaining Cooperative Permitting Act of 2024.”
  • It aims to ensure that certain Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permit approvals for state discharge of dredged or fill material programs are of full force and effect and cannot be withdrawn without Congressional authorization.
  • Specifically, the bill:
    • Prohibits the EPA Administrator from withdrawing approval of specified state permit programs unless expressly authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after the bill’s enactment.
    • Ratifies and approves the permit programs for the discharge of dredged or fill material of the states of Michigan, New Jersey, and Florida as described in specific Federal Register notices and sections of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    • Includes a savings provision that does not prohibit the EPA Administrator from withdrawing approval if a state is not administering the approved permit program as required.
    • Amends Section 404(h) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the approval of a state permit program under this section is not considered to be a rule or regulation.

Last updated 8/8/2024