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Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2025
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.
Summary
- Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt discharges from aerial application of fire control and suppression products from requiring a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.
- Limits the exemption to products that appear on the Forest Service's most current Qualified Products List.
- Clarifies the scope of permit exemptions under federal water pollution control law for wildland firefighting activities.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA)
12 cosponsors
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR)
- Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA)
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA)
- Rep. Fong, Vince [R-CA-20] (R-CA)
- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA)
- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO)
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
- Rep. Kiley, Kevin [R-CA-3] (R-CA)
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA)
- Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] (R-CA)
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA)
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA)
Actions (4)
- Jun 29, 2026 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Hurd (CO) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 3300, a bill originally introduced by Representative LaMalfa, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. · house
- Jun 13, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. · house
- May 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- May 8, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 8, 2025
Mr. LaMalfa (for himself, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Costa, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Fong, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Issa, Mrs. Kim, and Mr. Gray) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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)”. <all>
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