Regulation of activities causing discharge or affecting significant wetlands If the Secretary finds that any person’s action, or an activity, results in the construction, installation, operation, or maintenance of any facility or condition that reasonably can be expected to create or cause a discharge to waters in violation of this subchapter, or to violate the Secretary’s rules under section 905b of this title relating to significant wetlands, the Secretary may issue an order establishing reasonable and proper methods and procedures for the control of that activity and the management of substances used therein that cause discharges or violations of the Secretary’s rules with respect to significant wetlands in order to reduce or eliminate those discharges and rule violations with respect to significant wetlands. (Added 1969, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. April 4, 1970; amended 1971, No. 255 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. April 11, 1972; 1973, No. 103, § 10, eff. April 24, 1973; 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 25; 1985, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 30, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2011, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. May 14, 2012.)
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