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H.R. 5466 (100th)

A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct research on the management of infectious medical wastes.

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Introduced

5 October 1988

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Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.

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Summary

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a research program to: (1) assess the sources, amounts, composition, and disposal of infectious medical wastes; (2) determine the hazard to public health of such wastes; (3) compare incineration processes, autoclaving, and other disposal technologies and assess each; and (4) assess the status of U.S. medical waste management practices. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1994 to carry out this Act.

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