[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1901 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1901

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
delay the implementation of remedial action and design for a particular 
Superfund site for one year while undertaking monitoring and testing to 
              determine whether further action is needed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 1995

   Mr. Rose introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
      Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
delay the implementation of remedial action and design for a particular 
Superfund site for one year while undertaking monitoring and testing to 
              determine whether further action is needed.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ONE-YEAR DELAY OF REMEDIAL ACTION AND DESIGN ON CERTAIN 
              SUPERFUND SITE.

    (a) One-Year Delay Required.--The Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall delay implementation of any 
remedial action and design for the Burn Pit Superfund Site (located at 
New Hanover County Airport, North Carolina) for a period of one year, 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Monitoring and Testing Required.--During the one-year period 
referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator shall monitor and test 
the Burn Pit Superfund Site (including groundwater) for contamination, 
including contamination by benzene. At the end of the one-year period, 
the Administrator shall determine whether the level of contamination at 
the site is acceptable.
    (c) Prohibition on Further Action and Relief From Liability.--If 
the level of contamination is determined to be acceptable under 
subsection (b) for the Site--
            (1) the Administrator may not implement any further 
        remedial action or design for the Site after the one-year 
        period referred to in subsection (a); and
            (2) the potentially responsible parties for the Site shall 
        have no further liability for the Site under the Comprehensive 
        Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
        1980.
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