FRESHER Act of 2025
- Last Action
- 11/29/2025
Actions
- 2025-11-29Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- 2025-11-18Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- 2025-11-18Introduced in House
- 2025-11-18Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-11-18 (00)
Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2025 or the FRESHER Act of 2025
This bill addresses stormwater runoff from mining, oil, or gas operations. Specifically, it eliminates a prohibition on the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring a permit under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for discharges of certain collected, uncontaminated stormwater runoff from mining operations or oil and gas operations.
In addition, the Department of the Interior must study stormwater runoff associated with oil or gas operations, including an analysis of (1) measurable contamination, (2) groundwater resources, and (3) the susceptibility of aquifers to contamination from stormwater runoff associated with the operations.
Cosponsors (20)
- Donald Beyer (D-VA)
- Kathy Castor (D-FL)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- Janice Schakowsky (D-IL)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Juan Vargas (D-CA)
- Eleanor Norton (D-DC)
- Adam Smith (D-WA)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
- Joseph Morelle (D-NY)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- James McGovern (D-MA)
- Brad Sherman (D-CA)
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Diana DeGette (D-CO)
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