[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4933 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4933

     To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 10, 1994

  Mr. Swift introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Landfill Technological Improvement 
Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. USE OF ORGANIC SORBENTS.

    Section 3004(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 6924(c)(2)) is amended as follows:
            (1) In the first sentence following subparagraph (B) by 
        striking ``during'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``in the 
        anaerobic environment of''.
            (2) By adding a new subparagraph (c) to read as follows:
                    ``(C) Notwithstanding any current regulations 
                implementing subparagraph (B) of this paragraph to the 
                contrary, nothing in this section shall prohibit usage 
                in hazardous waste landfills of sorbents manufactured 
                from processed organic materials that would not be 
                expected to degrade in an anaerobic environment, until 
                such time as the Administrator issues final regulations 
                concerning anaerobic landfill conditions and the usage 
                of organic sorbents in landfills.''.
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