[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3894 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3894

 To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 
to restrict ocean dumping at the site off the coast of New Jersey known 
   as the ``Historic Area Remediation Site'', to dumping of dredged 
    material from States that have developed and made commercially 
    available alternative uses for dredged material, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2000

 Mr. Pallone introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 
to restrict ocean dumping at the site off the coast of New Jersey known 
   as the ``Historic Area Remediation Site'', to dumping of dredged 
    material from States that have developed and made commercially 
    available alternative uses for dredged material, 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 ``Dredging Alternatives Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON OCEAN DUMPING AT THE HISTORIC AREA REMEDIATION 
              SITE.

    Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act 
of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1413) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Restriction on Ocean Dumping at the Historic Area Remediation 
Site.--
            ``(1) In general.--No permit may be issued authorizing 
        transportation of material for the purpose of dumping at the 
        Historic Area Remediation Site, and no permit authorizing such 
        transportation shall be effective, other than a permit for 
        transportation of qualified dredged material.
            ``(2) Requirements for qualified dredged material.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Administrator shall issue 
                regulations that establish requirements for material to 
                be considered qualified dredged material.
                    ``(B) Criteria.--Regulations under this paragraph 
                shall provide that material is not qualified dredged 
                material unless--
                            ``(i) it is excavated or dredged in a State 
                        that has developed and made commercially 
                        available alternative uses for dredged 
                        material; and
                            ``(ii) there are no means of using or 
                        disposing of the material other than ocean 
                        dumping.
                    ``(C) Included alternative uses.--Regulations under 
                this paragraph may treat the following uses (among 
                others) of dredged material as alternative uses for 
                purposes of subparagraph (B):
                            ``(i) Land-based structural or non-
                        structural fill.
                            ``(ii) Non-aquatic habitat development.
                            ``(iii) Landfill cover.
                            ``(iv) Agricultural uses.
                            ``(v) Deposit in upland confined disposal 
                        facilities.
                            ``(vi) Recycling material for reuse.
                            ``(vii) Land-based storage
            ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Historic area remediation site.--The term 
                `Historic Area Remediation Site' means the dredged 
                material disposal area known by that name that is 
                located east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and described 
                in part 228.15(d)(6) of title 40, Code of Federal 
                Regulations (as in effect on July 1, 1999).
                    ``(B) Qualified dredged material.--The term 
                `qualified dredged material' means material that is 
                qualified dredged material under regulations issued 
                under paragraph (2).''.
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