Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Reducing Permitting Uncertainty Act.
(a) In general
Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking (c) The Administrator and inserting the following:
(1) In general
The Administrator
(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by inserting during the period described in paragraph (2) and before after notice and opportunity for public hearings; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
(A) In general
The period during which the Administrator may prohibit the specification (including the withdrawal of specification) of any defined area as a disposal site, or deny or restrict the use of any defined area for specification (including the withdrawal of specification) as a disposal site, under paragraph (1) shall—
(i) begin on the date that the Secretary provides notice to the Administrator that the Secretary has completed all procedures for processing an application for a permit under this section relating to the specification and is ready to determine, in accordance with the record and applicable regulations, whether the permit should be issued; and
(ii) end on the date on which the Secretary issues the permit.
(B) Minimum period
The Secretary shall ensure that the period described in subparagraph (A) consists of not fewer than 30 consecutive days.
(C) Notice
The Secretary may issue a permit under this section only after the Secretary provides notice to the Administrator in accordance with this paragraph.
(b) Applicability
The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to a permit application submitted under section 404(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(a)) after the date of enactment of this Act.