Municipal Solid Waste Interstate Transportation and Local Authority Act of 2002
Latest action · Mar 20, 2002 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-995.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 19, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sets forth requirements regarding the effect of host community agreements and receipt of waste by other facilities.
Bars the receipt of such waste at any time the State determines that a facility is not in compliance with specified laws and regulations.
Authorizes States in which facilities received more than 650,000 tons of out-of-State MSW in 1993 to establish limits on the quantity of such waste authorized to be received by facilities receiving such waste in 1993 in declining percentages of the 1993 quantity. Requires notification of such limits by a State to each State from which MSW was received in 1993. Prohibits a State from exercising the authority for general MSW limits if it exercises the authority for limits provided under this paragraph.
Allows States to impose cost recovery surcharges on the processing of out-of-State MSW in the State.
Imposes requirements regarding temporary waste storage.
States conditions for: (1) permit denial; (2) State-imposed annual limitations, including on construction and demolition waste; and (3) the exercise of State or local flow control authority (directing materials to particular facilities).
Prohibits a State or political subdivision from requiring any person to transport such waste or materials to any active portion of an MSW landfill if its contamination is a basis for listing on the National Priorities List established under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, unless the person has been indemnified by the government or the owner-operator against all liability with respect to such materials.
Provides for the enforceability of certain legally binding interim contracts that obligate the delivery of a minimum quantity of MSW or recyclables to a designated facility and obligate the government to pay or be liable for such materials.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 19, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Mar 19, 2002 |
| R-VA | John Warner | Original | Mar 19, 2002 |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Original | Mar 19, 2002 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | Mar 19, 2002 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2002Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-995.
- Mar 19, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Mar 19, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2084-2090)
- Mar 19, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2083-2084)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution control equipment
- Collection of accounts
- Commerce
- Compost
- Constitutional law
- Construction industries
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government securities
- Groundwater
- Groundwater pollution
- Hazardous waste disposal
- Hazardous waste site remediation
- Hazardous wastes
- Incineration
- Interest
- Interstate commerce
- Interstate relations
- Landfill siting
- Landfills
- Law
- Legal fees
- Liability for toxic substances pollution damages
- Licenses
- Methane
- Metropolitan areas
- Municipal solid waste
- Perjury
- Pollution liability insurance
- Potable water
- Public meetings of administrative bodies
- Recycling industry
- Recycling of waste products
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- State laws
- Tax-exempt securities
- Transboundary pollution
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation of hazardous substances
- Urban affairs
- Waste disposal sites
- Water pollution control
- Water pollution measurement
- Water Resources Development
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