US Congress House Bill 4215 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 102-0)
Status: Introduced on December 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

CLEANER Act of 2015 Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2015 This bill amends the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to eliminate the exemption for waste derived from the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy from regulations governing the disposal of hazardous waste. Within a year of this bill's enactment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must: determine whether waste associated with oil, gas, or geothermal energy activities meet the criteria promulgated for the identification or listing of hazardous waste; identify or list as hazardous waste any of those wastes if they meet the identification or listing criteria; and promulgate regulations regarding standards applicable to generators, transporters, and owners and operators of facilities for the treatment, storage, or disposal of those wastes. The EPA may modify the regulation of those standards to consider the special characteristics of those wastes so long as the modified regulations protect human health and the environment. Within a year of this bill's enactment, the EPA must promulgate revisions of certain criteria concerning landfills and waste management practices of open dumping for facilities that may receive wastes that are: (1) associated with those activities, and (2) not identified or listed as hazardous waste. Those revisions must: protect human health and the environment, while allowing consideration of the practicable capability of such facilities; and require groundwater monitoring as necessary to detect contamination; establish criteria for the acceptable location of new or existing facilities; and provide for corrective action and financial assurance as appropriate.

CLEANER Act of 2015 Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2015

Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2015-12-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-12-10	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4215/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4215/BILLS-114hr4215ih.pdf