COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA)

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: authorize for brownfields site assessment and cleanup (see H.R. 4188), H13466 [2DE]

Ecology and environment: improve public notification and community relations concerning actions for the removal of environmental hazards (see H.R. 1005), H1248 [11FE]

EPA: provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (see H.R. 3518), H9279 [31JY]

Mining and mineral resources: facilitate remediation of abandoned hardrock mines (see S. 1777), S10362 [13OC]

Recycled materials: modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 3052), H7445 [25JN]

Taxation: extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 564), H380 [15JA] (see H.R. 832), H921 [3FE]

———make expensing of environmental remediation costs permanent (see H.R. 3260), H8409 [20JY]

———provide tax incentives for the remediation of contaminated sites (see H.R. 1724), H4026 [25MR]

Remarks in House

EPA: provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (H.R. 3518), E2165 [31JY]

Taxation: extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (H.R. 564), H2887 [3MR], H11794 [27OC], E101 [15JA]

———make expensing of environmental remediation costs permanent (H.R. 3260), E1847 [20JY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of HHS: clarify public health emergency screening and medical care requirements for residents at Superfund site, S13650 [21DE], S13761, S13762 [22DE]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding for the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative, S9406, S9407 [16SE], S9534 [17SE]

Ecology and environment: brownfields and neglected urban properties redeveloping funding, S1673 [5FE]

Mining and mineral resources: facilitate remediation of abandoned hardrock mines (S. 1777), S10367 [13OC]

Statements

Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act: Senator Mark Udall, S10367 [13OC]

Texts of

S. 1777, Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act, S10368-S10372 [13OC]