Clean Water Protection Act The Clean Water Protection Act (H.R.
1310) was a bill introduced in the 111th United States Congress
via the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Water Resources
and Environment, of the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure. It proposed to redefine "fill material" to not
include mining "waste" under the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act. It was introduced by Frank Pallone and Chris Shays in the
110th Congress, and almost identical bills had been introduced
in previous years. As of July 2009, H.R.1310 had 154 co-
sponsors. Environmental groups such as Appalachian Voices,
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and Sierra Club supported the
legislation because of their stance against mountaintop removal
mining. It would also have affected situations similar to the
Kensington Mine operation near Juneau, Alaska where a mine was
permitted to discharge mining waste into a small lake as "fill."
See also  - U.S. Library of Congress. "H.R. 1310." List of
cosponsors. THOMAS (Legislativ