To phase out the incineration of solid waste, and for other purposes.

Summary

Requires each State to adopt and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a three-year implementation plan to achieve each of the following: (1) increased recycling by at least 75 percent over the three-year period; (2) water source pollution reduction; (3) restriction of landfill dumping to materials that are not recyclable or combustible; and (4) the phasing out of solid waste incineration within four years and six months after this Act's enactment. Requires plans to be approved by the Administrator and describes plan requirements. Sets forth provisions regarding the Administrator's actions on plan submissions. Provides for Federal implementation plans for States that fail to meet plan submission requirements. Authorizes the Administrator to impose a prohibition on the approval by the Secretary of Transportation of certain highway projects or awarding of highway grants applicable to a State that fails to submit a plan, has a plan submission disapproved, or fails to implement a requirement of an approved plan. Permits the Administrator to make grants to each State that phases out the incineration of solid waste prior to the deadline established under this Act. Requires such grants to be used for purposes of finding alternative, environmentally friendly means of solid waste disposal. Grants a State the authority to limit or restrict the importation of solid waste on the date the State phases out solid waste incineration.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 24 January 2000

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  Introduced in House · EN · 24 January 2000

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 24 January 2000

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