[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3654-S3655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4571. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title XXVIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 28__. ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, EXPLOSIVES CLEANUP, AND 
                   SITE RESTORATION.

       (a) In General.--As part of any land conveyance by the Army 
     to a public or private entity, the Secretary of the Army 
     shall carry out under section 2701 of title 10, United States 
     Code, the activities described in subsection (b).
       (b) Environmental Remediation, Explosives Cleanup, and Site 
     Restoration Activities.--The activities described in this 
     subsection are--
       (1) environmental remediation activities, including--
       (A) any corrective action required under a permit issued by 
     the State in which the property is located pursuant to the 
     Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) relating to 
     the property;
       (B) any activity to be carried out by the entity pursuant 
     to a consent agreement (including any amendments) between the 
     entity and the State in which the property is located 
     regarding Army activities at the property;
       (C) the abatement of any potential explosive and ordnance 
     conditions on the property;
       (D) the demolition, abatement, removal, and disposal of any 
     structure containing asbestos and lead-based paint, including 
     the foundations, footing, and slabs of the structure, 
     together with backfilling and seeding;
       (E) the removal and disposal of any soil that contains a 
     quantity of pesticide in excess of the standard of the State 
     in which the property is located, together with backfilling 
     and seeding;
       (F) the design, construction, closure, and post-closure of 
     any solid waste landfill facility permitted by the State in 
     which the property is located pursuant to the delegated 
     authority of the State under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
     U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) to accommodate the consolidation of any 
     existing landfills on the property and future requirements;
       (G) lime sludge removal, disposal, and backfilling relating 
     to any water treatment plant;
       (H) the closure of any septic tank on the property; and
       (I) any financial assurance required in connection with the 
     activities described in this paragraph; and
       (2) site restoration activities, including--
       (A) the collection and disposal of any solid waste that was 
     present on the property before the date on which the Army 
     conveys the land to the entity;
       (B) the removal of any improvement to the property that was 
     present on the property before the date on which the Army 
     conveys the land to the entity, including roads, sewers, gas 
     lines, poles, ballast, structures, slabs, footings, and 
     foundations, together with backfilling and seeding;
       (C) any impediments to redevelopment of the property 
     arising from the use of the property by, or on behalf of, the 
     Army or any contractor of the Army;

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       (D) any financial assurance required in connection with the 
     activities described in this paragraph; and
       (E) payment of the legal, environmental, and engineering 
     costs incurred by the entity for the analysis of the work 
     necessary to complete the environmental remediation.
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