HR 4779 · 103th Congress · Environmental Protection

State and Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act of 1994

Introduced 1994-07-19· Sponsored by Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]· House

Bill Progress

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 676.(1994-09-28)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 1994-09-28
Roll #443
Yea 368Nay 55
Democrats
222 Yea·27 Nay
Republicans
145 Yea·28 Nay
PassedHouse · 1994-09-28
Roll #443
Yea 368Nay 55
Democrats
222 Yea·27 Nay
Republicans
145 Yea·28 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit owners or operators of landfills, incinerators, or other waste disposal facilities from receiving municipal solid waste generated outside their State unless they obtain authorization from the affected local government. Exempts from such prohibition: (1) landfills that, as of this Act's enactment date, complied with State laws relating to design and location standards, leachate collection, groundwater monitoring, and financial assurance for closure and post-closure care and corrective action and, during 1993, accepted municipal solid waste generated outside the State or, before this Act's enactment date, obtained authorization to accept such waste; (2) persons planning to own or operate a landfill, incinerator, or other waste disposal facility who obtained authorization to accept such waste before this Act's enactment; and (3) incinerators or other waste disposal facilities that accepted such waste during 1993 or obtained authorization before this Act's enactment. Considers expansions of landfills, incinerators, or waste disposal facilities to be separate facilities requiring authorizatio…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (7)

3 Democrats4 Republicans