[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1125 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1125

 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
 Liability Act of 1980 to require a preference for interim measures in 
  carrying out response actions, consistent with protection of public 
                 health, welfare, and the environment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 1993

Mr. Santorum (for himself, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Doolittle, 
 and Mr. Zimmer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
       the Committee on Energy and Commerce and Public Works and 
                             Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
 Liability Act of 1980 to require a preference for interim measures in 
  carrying out response actions, consistent with protection of public 
                 health, welfare, and the environment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PREFERENCE FOR INTERIM MEASURES IN SUPERFUND RESPONSE 
              ACTIONS.

    Section 121(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9621(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: ``Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, in selecting appropriate remedial actions, the 
President shall give a preference to the use of institutional controls 
(such as deed and access restrictions, monitoring, and provision of 
alternate water supplies), containment methods (including caps, slurry 
walls, and surface water diversion), and other interim measures, rather 
than permanent treatment technologies, if such interim measures are 
sufficient to protect the public health, welfare, and the 
environment.''.

SEC. 2. REPORT.

    (a) Report Requirement.--The President shall submit to Congress a 
report, during each of the 5 years listed in subsection (b), on the use 
of interim measures under section 121 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9621), as required by the amendment made by section 1. The 
report shall cover the preceding fiscal year and shall include the 
estimated savings resulting from the use of such interim measures in 
comparison to using permanent treatment technologies.
    (b) Deadline.--The President shall submit the report required by 
subsection (a) by October 1 of 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.

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