[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 21. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to 
the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       After section 2, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REGULATION OF PETROLEUM COKE AS A HAZARDOUS WASTE.

       (a) In General.--Section 3001(e) of the Solid Waste 
     Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6921(e)) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(3) Petroleum Coke.--As soon as practicable after the 
     date of enactment of this paragraph and notwithstanding any 
     other provision of this Act, the Administrator shall list as 
     a hazardous waste under subsection (b)(1) petroleum coke.''.
       (b) Requirements for Handling and Transportation of 
     Petroleum Coke.--Section 3003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 6923) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(d) Handling and Transportation of Petroleum Coke.--As 
     soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this 
     subsection, the Administrator, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Transportation, shall promulgate regulations to 
     ensure that any handler or transporter of petroleum coke 
     stores the petroleum coke at all times in an enclosed 
     building or container.''.
       (c) Definition of Hazardous Substance.--Section 101(14) of 
     the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601(14)) is amended in the 
     second sentence by inserting ``(other than petroleum coke)'' 
     after ``petroleum''.
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