[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2737 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2737

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
undertake a study of Superfund sites to assess the progress in reducing 
the health and environmental risks and to prioritize the need to clean 
                        up the remaining sites.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 1993

   Mr. Gallo (for himself, Mr. Zimmer, Ms. Molinari, and Mr. Hobson) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
undertake a study of Superfund sites to assess the progress in reducing 
the health and environmental risks and to prioritize the need to clean 
                        up the remaining sites.

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

SECTION 1. RISK ANALYSIS AT SUPERFUND SITES.

    In order to--
            (1) assist in establishing cleanup priorities for Superfund 
        sites listed on the National Priorities List pursuant to the 
        Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
        Liability Act of 1980,
            (2) further public understanding of the nature and extent 
        of the risks to public health and the environment associated 
        with those sites, and
            (3) assist the Congress in evaluating the benefits and 
        costs of the Superfund program established under the 
        Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
        Liability Act of 1980,
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
undertake a study of the extent to which environmental risks and risks 
to public health have been reduced at all sites currently listed on the 
National Priorities List and make an evaluation of the extent to which 
there are remaining environmental risks and risks to public health at 
those sites. The Administrator shall submit to the Congress a report 
containing the results of such study not later than one year after the 
enactment of this Act.

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