[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 267 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 267

 To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of 
    the Environmental Protection Agency to give highest priority to 
 petroleum contaminants in drinking water in issuing corrective action 
            orders under the response program for petroleum.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 20, 1999

Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of 
    the Environmental Protection Agency to give highest priority to 
 petroleum contaminants in drinking water in issuing corrective action 
            orders under the response program for petroleum.

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

SECTION 1. PRIORITY OF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS UNDER THE RESPONSE PROGRAM 
              FOR PETROLEUM.

    Section 9003(h)(3) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
6991b(h)(3)) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 
the following: ``, with highest priority being given to releases of 
petroleum into drinking water that pose a threat to human health or the 
environment.''.
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