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Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023

This bill waives National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements for discharges of fire retardant in connection with fire suppression, control, or prevention activities carried out by a federal land management agency, a state government, a political subdivision of a state, or a tribal government.

Federal land management agency is defined as the Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Senate Actions

IntroReferral
Mar. 14 2023	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Library of Congress Actions

IntroReferral
Mar. 14 2023	Introduced in Senate

Senate bill S796-118

Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023

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