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

Bills and resolutions

BLM: convey certain lands to Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO), facilitate resolution of environmental remediation and reclamation, resolve potential U.S. liability, and promote economic development in Lyon County, NV (see H.R. 1813), H2754 [18MR]

Ecology and environment: provide for use of funds in the Superfund program for their intended purposes and ensure adequate resources for cleanup of hazardous substances (see H.R. 4088), H7476 [26JY]

EPA: designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA (see S. 638), S1594 [28FE] (see H.R. 535), H543 [14JA]

——— incorporate climate change into oversight plans for Superfund sites (see S. 2893), S6669 [19NO]

Government regulations: amend public participation requirements (see H.R. 3382), H5005 [20JN]

Petroleum: include certain landlocked releases of petroleum (see H.R. 4087), H7476 [26JY]

Public lands: require Federal acquisition of mineral rights beneath Superfund National Priorities List sites and prohibit disturbance or extraction of such minerals (see H.R. 3747), H5774 [12JY]

Small business: reduce costs for certain businesses required to relocate from a Superfund site (see H.R. 2882), H4064 [21MY]

Taxation: extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 5215), H9167 [21NO]

——— extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 5101), H8878 [14NO]

Letters

EPA designation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA: several organizations, H5737 [12JY]

Remarks in House

EPA: designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA, H5736 [12JY]

Remarks in Senate

EPA: designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA, S4794 [11JY], S7066 [17DE]

——— designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA (S. 638), S1599 [28FE], S4790–S4792 [11JY]

——— exempt certain pesticides and air emissions from animal waste at farms from certain reporting requirements under CERCLA, S3342 [12JN]

Wright, Peter C.: suitability to be EPA Assistant Administrator for Office of Land and Emergency Management relative to commitment to cleanup of Superfund sites, S4790–S4795 [11JY]

Reports filed

PFAS Action Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 535) (H. Rept. 116–364), H12305 [2JA]