[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 766 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 766

  To prohibit the transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of 
  hazardous waste outside the State in which the waste was generated.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 1993

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of 
  hazardous waste outside the State in which the waste was generated.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON TRANSPORTATION, TREATMENT, STORAGE, OR 
              DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE OUTSIDE OF STATE IN WHICH 
              WASTE WAS GENERATED.

    (a) Amendment to Subtitle C.--Subtitle C of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 3021. PROHIBITION ON TRANSPORTATION, TREATMENT, STORAGE, OR 
              DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE OUTSIDE OF STATE IN WHICH 
              WASTE WAS GENERATED.

    ``Effective January 1, 1994, hazardous waste may not be 
transported, treated, stored, or disposed of outside the State in which 
the waste was generated.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--The table of contents for subtitle C of 
such Act (contained in section 1001 of such Act) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 3021. Prohibition on transportation, treatment, storage, or 
                            disposal of hazardous waste outside of 
                            State in which waste was generated.''.

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