Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Reauthorization Act of 1982

Summary

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Reauthorization Act of 1982 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act ("the Act") to extend through FY 1983 and 1984 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) general administration; (2) State hazardous waste programs; (3) hazardous waste site inventory; (4) development and implementation of State, local, regional, and interstate plans; (5) implementation of State, local, and intermunicipal solid waste management, resource recovery, and resource conservation services and hazardous waste management; (6) "special communities" grants for containment and stabilization of solid waste located at specified sites; (7) State recycled oil programs; and (8) resource and recovery duties of the Secretary of Commerce. Provides that, 18 months after enactment of this Act: (1) no generator of hazardous waste of more than 100 kilograms per month shall be exempt from specified standards; and (2) regulations establishing standards for generators of hazardous waste of 100 to 1,000 kilograms per month shall be promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Requires that such regulations provide for standards necessary to protect human health and the environment, but allow for variation from the standards applicable to generators of greater quantities. Authorizes the Administrator to exempt generators of minimal quantities (100 kilograms per month or less) of hazardous waste from specified standards or to apply less stringent standards to such generators. Directs the Administrator, within one year after enactment of this Act, to report to Congress concerning listed hazardous wastes which are excluded from the coverage of hazardous waste management provisions of the Act under regulations exempting mixtures of domestic sewage and other wastes that pass through a sewer system to a publicly owned treatment works for treatment. Requires that such report specify types and quantities of such exempted wastes and make recommendations as to whether such exemption should be terminated to protect health and the environment. Prohibits, six months after enactment of this Act, the disposal of hazardous waste by injection into a class IV well which is: (1) in a formation containing an underground source of drinking water; or (2) above such a formation, until specified regulations are promulgated under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Sets forth exemptions from such prohibition, including wells for the extraction of minerals or energy. Requires certain regulations promulgated after March 20, 1982, to prohibit, to the extent practicable, the storage or disposal in landfills of hazardous wastes having liquid content. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress, annually, on EPA's progress in determining which types of hazardous waste should or should not be deemed suitable for land disposal facilities. Requires notification to the Administrator (or to a State with an authorized hazardous waste program) by owners or operators of any facility: (1) producing a fuel by blending or otherwise processing hazardous wastes; or (2) burning wastes or waste-derived fuels for energy recovery purposes. Requires that such notification describe the location, the facility, the identified or listed hazardous waste involved, and the blending or burning activity. Directs the Administrator, within two years of the enactment of this Act, to promulgate regulations establishing health and environmental standards applicable to such facilities. Requires that such standards also cover the distribution and marketing of fuels produced from hazardous wastes. Requires that permits issued to treatment, storage, or disposal facilities by Federal or State hazardous waste programs under the Act address any release of hazardous waste from such facilities at any time. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring any facility operating on interim status permits to obtain a final permit before expanding its capacity by more than ten percent. Authorizes the Administrator to establish standards for any interim status permit facility expanding its capacity by ten percent or less. Allows such standards for facilities expanding by ten percent or less to vary from the interim permit status standards for facilities which do not expand capacity. Directs the Administrator to issue final permits or final denials of permit applications: (1) for land disposal facilities within four years of the enactment of this Act; and (2) for any other treatment, storage, or disposal facilities within six years of such enactment. Provides that such time periods shall not apply in the case of any authorized State hazardous waste program. Requires facilities operating under interim status permits to submit applications for final permit review within the applicable time period. Establishes a National Groundwater Commission to assess problems and recommend solutions relating to groundwater contamination from hazardous waste and solid waste and groundwater overdrafting. Directs the Commission to report to the President and the Congress by October 30, 1986, and to terminate on such date. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 through FY 1986 for the Commission. Revises provisions relating to the preservation of the rights of litigants under any statute of common law notwithstanding the passage of the Act. Directs the Administrator, within 18 months of the enactment of this Act, to promulgate regulations defining "beneficial use" of hazardous waste. Authorize courts to award costs of litigation (including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees) in judicial proceedings involving review of regulations or certain administrative actions under the Act.

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Timeline

1. 6 May 1982

   Committee

   Consideration and Mark-up Session Held by Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism Prior to Introduction (May 6, 82).

   Source: Committee

2. 6 May 1982

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 6 May 1982

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 6 May 1982

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 11 May 1982

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

   Source: Committee

6. 11 May 1982

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 18 May 1982

   Calendars

   Placed on Union Calendar No: 355.

   Source: Calendars

8. 18 May 1982

   Reported

   Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 97-570 (Part I).

   Source: Committee

9. 18 May 1982

   Reported

   Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Report No: 97-570 (Part I).

   Source: Committee

10. 21 May 1982

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation Sequentially, for a Period Ending not Later than Jun 4, 82.

    Source: IntroReferral

11. 21 May 1982

    Discharge

    Discharged from Union Calendar.

    Source: Discharge

12. 25 May 1982

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.

    Source: Committee

13. 26 May 1982

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

14. 2 June 1982

    Introduced

    House Committee on Public Works and Transportation Granted an Extension for Further Consideration Ending not Later Than June 11, 1982.

    Source: IntroReferral

15. 8 June 1982

    Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

    Source: Committee

16. 8 June 1982

    Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

17. 9 June 1982

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Source: Committee

18. 9 June 1982

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

19. 11 June 1982

    Calendars

    Placed on Union Calendar No: 373.

    Source: Calendars

20. 11 June 1982

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Report No: 97-570 (Part II).

    Source: Committee

21. 11 June 1982

    Reported

    Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Report No: 97-570 (Part II).

    Source: Committee

22. 3 August 1982

    Floor

    Rule Granted Providing an Open Rule with 1 Hour of Debate. Partial Waiver of Points of Order.

    Source: Floor

23. 3 August 1982

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.545 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

24. 8 September 1982

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 317 - 32 (Record Vote No: 311).

    Source: Floor

25. 8 September 1982

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 317 - 32 (Record Vote No: 311).

    Source: Floor

26. 8 September 1982

    Passed

    House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

    Source: Floor

27. 8 September 1982

    Floor

    Called up by House by Rule.

    Source: Floor

28. 8 September 1982

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

29. 13 September 1982

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 783.

    Source: Calendars

30. 13 September 1982

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate, read twice.

    Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 8 September 1982

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• Reported to House amended, Part II

  summary · EN · 11 June 1982

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Sponsors

• Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] · D · Sponsor
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Related records

• related to → A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 6307) to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1983 and 1984, and for other purposes.
• amends ← A substitute amendment striking all after the enacting clause and inserting new language. In addition to making technical changes the new text provides for modifying regulations for hazardous waste when they are applied to small generators (from 100 kg to 1000 kg per month). It also provides for reports on wastes for which one or more types of land disposal may not be protective, listing other means of disposal that may be protective. Regulations restricting land disposal of such waste are to be promulgated. The amendment also adds regulations for production of fuel from hazardous waste materials as well as provisions for a demonstration project for solid waste disposal.
• amends ← An amendment to the Florio substitute amendment to strike section 10. Section 10 would amend the Resource Conservation Recovery Act such that nothing in that act is to deny any rights a party to litigation would have under common law or other positive law to seek enforcement of any standard or requirement relating to the management of discarded materials.
• amends ← An amendment to the Florio substitute amendment to increase felony penalty prison terms for violations under the provisions of the act. The amendment increases the two year penalty to five years and to increase the five year penalty to ten years.
• amends ← An amendment to the Dannemeyer amendment by asking unanimous consent to add that "nothing in the ...(Dannemeyer amendment) shall be construed to affect the equitable power of any court to award costs or fees under any other authority of law".
• amends ← An amendment to the Florio substitute amendment to strike the provisions that extend the hazardous waste regulations of the act for small generators that produce 100 kg per month or more of hazardous waste. The amendment substitutes language requiring the Administrator of the EPA to complete a study within three years of enactment of the act regarding hazardous waste generated by small generators in quantities of 1000 kg or less per month should be modified for any class of hazardous waste.
• amends ← An amendment to add provisions that limit the payment to attorney's fees to the prevailing or substantially prevailing party in suits under the act.
• amends ← An amendment to the Florio substitute amendment to add that waste facilities are to be owned and operated and not just owned by states or their political subdivisions to qualify for certain superfund clean up payments.