[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1257 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1257

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


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 1995

  Mr. Dicks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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 1995''.

SEC. 2. USE OF ORGANIC SORBENTS.

    Section 3004(c)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
6924(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence following subparagraph (B) by 
        striking ``during'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``in the 
        anaerobic environment of''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Notwithstanding 
        any 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.''.
                                 <all>