[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2997 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2997

 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Responsive Compensation and 
  Liability Act of 1980 (``Superfund'') to provide that manure is not 
considered a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant under that 
                      Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2011

 Mr. Long (for himself, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Akin, Mrs. Emerson, Mrs. 
 Hartzler, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Carter, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Huizenga 
  of Michigan, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Harris, Mr. 
Terry, and Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 amend the Comprehensive Environmental Responsive Compensation and 
  Liability Act of 1980 (``Superfund'') to provide that manure is not 
considered a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant under that 
                      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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``The Superfund Common Sense Act''.

SEC. 2. ANIMAL WASTE.

    (a) Amendment of Superfund.--Title III of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9601) is amended by adding the following new section at the end 
thereof:

``SEC. 312. EXCEPTION FOR MANURE.

    ``(a) In General.--Upon the date of enactment of this section, 
manure shall not be included in the meaning of `hazardous substance' 
under section 101(14) of this Act or `pollutant or contaminant' under 
section 101(33) of this Act.
    ``(b) Elimination of Paperwork Requirements.--The enactment of this 
section shall not be construed to impose any liability under provisions 
of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 for 
manure.
    ``(c) No Effect on Other Environmental Law.--Nothing in this 
section shall affect the applicability of any other environmental 
statute as it relates to the definition of manure, or the 
responsibilities or liabilities of any person regarding, the treatment, 
storage, or disposal of manure.
    ``(d) Definition.--For the purposes of this section, the term 
`manure' means--
            ``(1) digestive emissions, feces, urine, urea and other 
        excrement from livestock (as defined by 7 C.F.R. 205.2);
            ``(2) any associated bedding, compost, raw materials or 
        other materials commingled with such excrement from livestock 
        (as defined by 7 C.F.R. 205.2);
            ``(3) any process water associated with the items referred 
        to in paragraph (1) or (2); and
            ``(4) any byproducts, constituents, or substances contained 
        in, originating from, or emissions relating to the items 
        described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).''.
    (b) Amendment of SARA.--Section 304(a)(4) of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-499; 100 
Stat. 1655) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: 
``The notification requirements under this subsection shall not apply 
to releases associated with manure (as defined in section 312 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 
1980).''.
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