To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to exempt certain small landfills from the groundwater monitoring requirements contained in landfill regulations promulgated by the Agency.

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Introduced

15 July 1993

Last action

4 August 1994 · Committee

Status

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Sponsors

Rep. Sarpalius, Bill [D-TX-13], Rep. English, Glenn [D-OK-6], Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17], Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS], Rep. Combest, Larry [R-TX-19], Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17], Rep. Laughlin, Greg [D-TX-14], Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25], Rep. Geren, Pete [D-TX-12], Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9], Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27], Rep. Chapman, Jim [D-TX-1], Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4], Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4], Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9], Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3], Rep. Dooley, Calvin M. [D-CA-20], Rep. Orton, Bill [D-UT-3], Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1], Rep. Hayes, James A. [D-LA-7], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. McCurdy, Dave [D-OK-4], Rep. Smith, Robert [R-OR-2], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Poshard, Glenn [D-IL-22], Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-46], Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2], Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2], Rep. Hansen, James V. [R-UT-1], Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21], Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-At Large], Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8], Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17], Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3], Rep. Bonilla, Henry [R-TX-23], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48], Rep. Hutto, Earl [D-FL-1], Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4], Rep. Barrett, Bill [R-NE-3], Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16], Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY], Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4], Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5], Rep. Lancaster, H. Martin [D-NC-3]

Subjects

Environment

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Summary

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to exempt from specified groundwater monitoring requirements any facility: (1) at which fewer than 20 tons of municipal solid waste is disposed of daily; (2) at which there is no evidence of existing groundwater contamination; and (3) which serves a community that experiences an annual interruption of at least three consecutive months of surface transportation that prevents access to a regional waste management facility or that has no waste management alternative and is in an area that receives 25 inches or fewer of precipitation annually.

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Timeline

15 July 1993
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
15 July 1993
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
15 July 1993
Introduced
Introduced in House
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2 August 1993
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
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27 July 1994
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
4 August 1994
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
4 August 1994
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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