SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT

Amendments

Petroleum: require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (S. 195), S5684 [1MY]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of HUD: guarantee loans to homeowners with properties contaminated by leaking underground storage tanks and assist such homeowners in moving from such properties on a temporary or permanent basis (see H.R. 2189), H4527 [21MY]

EPA: enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (see S. 199), S1245 [21JA] (see S. 383), S2341 [12FE] (see H.R. 411), H217 [28JA]

Hazardous substances: reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (see S. 616), S3730 [13MR]

Petroleum: provide funding for cleanup of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) contamination from underground storage tanks (see H.R. 1122), H1679 [6MR]

———require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see S. 195), S1144 [17JA] (see H.R. 2733), H6868 [15JY] (see H.R. 3231), H9213 [2OC]

Recycling: require implementation by brand owners of management plans that provide refund values for certain beverage containers (see S. 1867), S14804 [12NO]

Solid waste: authorize State and local governments to petition the EPA to enforce Solid Waste Disposal Act violations and establish a manifest system for interstate transportation of solid waste (see H.R. 2581), H5814 [24JN]

———limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see S. 431), S2594 [24FE] (see H.R. 1123), H1679 [6MR] (see H.R. 1730), H3301 [10AP]

———State control over disposal of out-of-State solid waste (see H.R. 418), H218 [28JA]

Wood: establish prohibitions and requirements relating to arsenic-treated wood (see H.R. 3629), H12308 [21NO]

———prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (see S. 337), S2119 [10FE]

Remarks in House

EPA: enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste, H7683 [25JY]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: provide funding for cleanup of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) contamination from underground storage tanks, H7690 [25JY]

Wood: establish prohibitions and requirements relating to arsenic-treated wood (H.R. 3629), E2449 [23NO]

Remarks in Senate

EPA: enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (S. 199), S1250 [21JA]

———enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (S. 383), S2298, S2367 [12FE]

Hazardous substances: reduce quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling and disposal of mercury (S. 616), S3733 [13MR]

Petroleum: require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (S. 195), S1148 [17JA], S5684, S5689 [1MY]

Recycling: require implementation by brand owners of management plans that provide refund values for certain beverage containers (S. 1867), S14816, S14817 [12NO], S14924 [17NO]

Solid waste: limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (S. 431), S2602 [24FE]

Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (S. 337), S2122 [10FE]

Reports filed

Mercury Reduction Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 616) (S. Rept. 108-199), S15060 [18NO]

Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 195) (S. Rept. 108-13), S3162 [5MR]

Texts of

S. 195, Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act, S1149-S1151 [17JA], S5684-S5689 [1MY]

S. 199, EPA enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste, S1249 [21JA]

S. 431, Municipal Solid Waste Interstate Transportation and Local Authority Act, S2603-S2609 [24FE]