[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1672 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1672

  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that a 
     permit is not required under the National Pollutant Discharge 
     Elimination System for a discharge resulting from the aerial 
application of certain products used for fire control and suppression, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2025

Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Daines, Mr. Sheehy, 
 and Mr. Barrasso) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
     and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that a 
     permit is not required under the National Pollutant Discharge 
     Elimination System for a discharge resulting from the aerial 
application of certain products used for fire control and suppression, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Forest Protection and Wildland 
Firefighter Safety Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PERMIT REQUIREMENT.

    Section 402(l)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1342(l)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``this section for a discharge 
                from'' and inserting the following: ``this section 
                for--
                            ``(i) a discharge from'';
                    (B) in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking 
                the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) a discharge resulting from the 
                        aerial application of a product used for fire 
                        control and suppression purposes that appears 
                        on the most current applicable Qualified 
                        Products List maintained by the Forest Service 
                        (or any successor list).''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) by striking ``(C) The authorization'' and 
                inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Applicability.--The authorization'';
                    (B) by striking ``Section 505(a)'' and inserting 
                ``section 505(a)'';
                    (C) by striking ``402(p)(6)'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (p)(6)''; and
                    (D) by striking ``402(l)(3)(A)'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``subparagraph (A)''.
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