[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1070 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1070

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide the owner or operator 
of a critical energy resource facility an interim permit under subtitle 
    C that is subject to final approval by the Administrator of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 2023

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide the owner or operator 
of a critical energy resource facility an interim permit under subtitle 
    C that is subject to final approval by the Administrator of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency, 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. INTERIM HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMITS.

    Section 3005(e) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6925(e)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``or'' after 
                ``this section,'';
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(iii) is a critical energy resource facility,''; 
                and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4) Definitions.--For the purposes of this subsection:
            ``(A) Critical energy resource.--The term `critical energy 
        resource' means any energy resource that, as determined by the 
        Secretary of Energy--
                    ``(i) is essential to the energy sector and energy 
                systems of the United States; and
                    ``(ii) the supply chain of which is vulnerable to 
                disruption.
            ``(B) Critical energy resource facility.--The term 
        `critical energy resource facility' means a facility that 
        processes or refines a critical energy resource.''.
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