S. 1086Senate Bill102nd Congress

Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to require the President to impose…

Official title: A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to impose sanctions on any State that does not have, or is in violation of, a capacity assurance plan under that Act, and to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to give certain States authority to deny permits for hazardous waste facilities which provide unneeded capacity and to impose restrictions on the interstate transportation of waste.

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Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to require the President to impose sanctions on States that have failed to enter into, or are in violation of, a contract that assures the availability of hazardous waste treatment or disposal facilities. Lists such sanctions as: (1) the withholding of payments out of the Hazardous Substance Superfund for remedial actions; and (2) withdrawal of authorizations of hazardous waste programs under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to make a conforming amendment regarding the withdrawal of authorization for such programs. Authorizes States in compliance with hazardous waste capacity assurance plans under CERCLA to: (1) deny permits to hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities if the capacity of such facilities is not needed; (2) place prohibitions or restrictions on the transportation into such States of hazardous waste generated in other States; and (3) impose fees on hazardous waste or hazardous waste transporters that differentiate rates of payment on the basis of waste origin.

Introduced May 16, 1991
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Ernest Hollings

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U.S. Senator · SC

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