Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( Public Law 93–205 ), and the National Forest Management Act of 1976 ( Public Law 94–588 ). (G) Attempts to repeal or weaken key environmental safeguards pose dangers to the public health, air quality, water quality, wildlife, and the environment. (2) Findings on changes and proposed changes in law The Congress finds that, since 2001, the following changes and proposed changes to existing law or regulations have negatively impacted or will negatively impact the environment and public health: (A) Clean water (i) On May 9, 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers put forth a final rule that reconciled regulations implementing section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act by redefining the term fill material and amending the definition of the term discharge of fill material , reversing a 25-year-old regulation. The new rule fails to restrict the dumping of hardrock mining waste, construction debris, and other industrial wastes into rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands. The rule further allows destructive mountaintop removal coal mining companies to dump waste into streams and lakes, polluting the surrounding natural habitat and poisoning plants and animals that depend on those water sources. (ii) On February 12, 2003, the Environmental Protection Agency published the rule National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Regulation and Effluent Limitation Guidelines and Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations , new livestock waste regulations that aimed to control factory farm pollution but which would severely undermine existing protections under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. This regulation allows large-scale animal factories to foul the Nation’s waters with animal waste, allows livestock owners to draft their own pollution-management plans and avoid ground