[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1729 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1729

  To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and 
   Liability Act of 1980 to clarify that manure is not considered a 
     hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant under that Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 18, 2011

 Mr. Blunt (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Moran, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Lugar, 
Mr. Chambliss, and Mr. Risch) 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 Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and 
   Liability Act of 1980 to clarify that manure is not considered a 
     hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant under that Act.

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

SECTION 1. ANIMAL WASTE.

    (a) Amendment of CERCLA.--Title III of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9651) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 312. EXCEPTION FOR MANURE.

    ``(a) Definition of Manure.--In this section, the term `manure' 
means--
            ``(1) digestive emissions, feces, urine, urea, and other 
        excrement from livestock (as defined in section 205.2 of title 
        7, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation));
            ``(2) any associated bedding, compost, raw materials, or 
        other materials commingled with excrement described in 
        paragraph (1);
            ``(3) any process water associated with any excrement or 
        other material referred to in paragraph (1) or (2); and
            ``(4) any byproduct, constituent, or substance contained 
        in, originating from, or any emission relating to, any 
        excrement or other material described in paragraph (1), (2), or 
        (3).
    ``(b) Exclusion.--As of the date of enactment of this section, 
manure shall not be considered to be, or included in the meaning of, a 
hazardous substance or a pollutant or contaminant under this Act.
    ``(c) Elimination of Paperwork Requirements.--The enactment of this 
section shall not impose any liability for manure under the Emergency 
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11001 et 
seq.).
    ``(d) No Effect on Other Environmental Law.--Nothing in this 
section affects the applicability of any other environmental statute 
with respect to--
            ``(1) the definition of the term `manure'; or
            ``(2) the responsibility or liability of any person 
        regarding the treatment, storage, or disposal of manure.''.
    (b) Amendment of SARA.--Section 304(a) of the Superfund Amendments 
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-499; 100 Stat. 1734) is 
amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
            ``(4) Exempted releases.--This section does not apply to--
                    ``(A) any release that results in exposure to 
                persons solely within the site or sites on which a 
                facility is located; or
                    ``(B) any release associated with manure (as 
                defined in section 312 of the Comprehensive 
                Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
                of 1980).''.
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