[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1405 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1405

 To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating coal 
combustion byproducts as hazardous waste under subtitle C of the Solid 
              Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2011

  Mr. Latta introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating coal 
combustion byproducts as hazardous waste under subtitle C of 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. NO REGULATION OF COAL COMBUSTION BYPRODUCTS AS HAZARDOUS 
              WASTE UNDER SUBTITLE C OF THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT.

    Section 3001(b)(3) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
6921(b)(3)) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
    ``(D) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) or any other 
provision of this paragraph, fly ash waste, bottom ash waste, slag 
waste, and flue gas emission control waste generated primarily from the 
combustion of coal shall not be subject to regulation under this 
subtitle.''.
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