[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 767 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 767

    To provide for a 2-year delay in the effective date of certain 
  regulations applicable to municipal solid waste landfills under the 
                       Solid Waste Disposal Act.


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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 provide for a 2-year delay in the effective date of certain 
  regulations applicable to municipal solid waste landfills under the 
                       Solid Waste Disposal Act.

    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 ``Solid Waste Disposal Relief Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN EXISTING FACILITIES FROM MEETING REVISED 
              CRITERIA FOR LANDFILLS.

    (a) Exemption.--During the 2-year period commencing October 9, 
1993, all municipal solid waste landfills existing as of October 8, 
1993, which meet the requirements of the criteria applicable as of 
January 1, 1993, to such landfills under section 4004(a) of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6944(a)) (as required by section 4010(c) 
of such Act) shall be exempt from any revised criteria established for 
such landfills.
    (b) Prior Criteria Applicable During Exemption Period.--Landfills 
exempt from revised criteria as provided in subsection (a) shall, 
during the 2-year exemption period, be subject to the criteria 
applicable to such landfills as of January 1, 1993.
    (c) Effective Date of Revised Criteria.--After the expiration of 
the 2-year exemption period on October 9, 1995, all municipal solid 
waste landfills shall be subject to the revised criteria established 
for such landfills under section 4004(a) of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6944(a)) or any subsequent revised criteria.

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