H.R. 2541, Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act

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H.R. 2541, Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act
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As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 26, 2011

H.R. 2541 would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a point source discharge permit (a type of permit issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) for water discharges from the following silvicultural activities: nursery operations; site preparation; reforestation; timber thinning; prescribed burning; pest and fire control; harvesting operations; surface drainage; or road use, construction, and maintenance.
http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43530