HR 6090
FRESHER Act of 2025
Summary
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.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA-2]
- Cosponsors
- 21
- Policy area
- Environmental Protection
- Introduced
- 2025-11-18
- Latest action
- 2025-11-29: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-11-29: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- 2025-11-18: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- 2025-11-18: Introduced in House
- 2025-11-18: Introduced in House