[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4475 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4475

 To authorize the Governors of States to limit the quantity of out-of-
  State municipal solid waste received for disposal at landfills and 
                      incinerators in their State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1998

  Mr. Klink (for himself, Mr. Holden, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
   Mascara, and Mr. Borski) introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Governors of States to limit the quantity of out-of-
  State municipal solid waste received for disposal at landfills and 
                      incinerators in their State.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO LIMIT.

    The Governor of a State may limit the quantity of municipal solid 
waste generated outside of the State that may be received for disposal 
at landfills and incinerators in the State.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``municipal solid waste'' means 
refuse (and refuse-derived fuel) generated by the general public or 
from a residential, commercial, institutional, or industrial source (or 
any combination thereof), consisting of paper, wood, yard wastes, 
plastics, leather, rubber, or other combustible or noncombustible 
materials such as metal or glass (or any combination thereof). The term 
does not include any of the following:
            (1) Any solid waste identified or listed as a hazardous 
        waste under section 3001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
            (2) Any solid waste, including contaminated soil and 
        debris, resulting from a response action taken under section 
        104 or 106 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
        Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9604 or 9606) or a 
        corrective action taken under this Act.
            (3) Any medical waste that is segregated from or not mixed 
        with municipal solid waste.
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