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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1211 

To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 

to undertake remediation oversight of the West Lake Landfill located 

in Bridgeton, Missouri. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 24, 2017 

Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mrs. MCCASKILL) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 

Chief of Engineers, to undertake remediation oversight 

of the West Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY FROM 

4 EPA TO CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 

8 of Engineers. 


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1 (2) SITE.—The term ‘‘site’’ means the West 

2 Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri. 

3 (b) TRANSFER.—Notwithstanding any other provi4 sion of law, as soon as practicable after the date of enact5 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 

6 (1) under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial 

7 Action Program, undertake the functions and activi8 ties described in section 611 of the Energy and 

9 Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000 (10 

10 U.S.C. 2701 note; Public Law 106–60) as the lead 

11 agency responding to radioactive contamination at 

12 the site; and 

13 (2) carry out remediation activities at the site 

14 in accordance with that section. 

15 (c) COST RECOVERY.—The Secretary, in coordina16 tion with the Administrator of the Environmental Protec17 tion Agency and the Attorney General, shall— 

18 (1) seek to recover any response costs incurred 

19 by the Secretary in carrying out this section in ac20 cordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Re21 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 

22 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); and 

23 (2) return any funds that are recovered under 

24 paragraph (1) to be used to carry out the Formerly 


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1 Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program of the 

2 Corps of Engineers. 

3 (d) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use amounts 

4 made available to the Secretary to carry out the Formerly 

5 Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program to carry out this 

6 section. 

7 (e) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— 

8 (1) NO LIABILITY.—Nothing in subsection (b) 

9 creates liability for— 

10 (A) the Secretary for— 

11 (i) contamination at the site; or 

12 (ii) any actions or failures to act by 

13 any past, current, or future licensees, own14 ers, operators, or users of the site; or 

15 (B) any other party involved with the site. 

16 (2) NO EFFECT ON LIABILITY UNDER OTHER

17 LAW.—Nothing in subsection (b) alters the liability 

18 of any party relating to the site under any other 

19 provision of law. 

20 (3) NO EFFECT ON SUPERFUND STATUS; NA21 TIONAL PRIORITIES LIST DESIGNATION.—Nothing in 

22 this Act affects the designation of the site as a 

23 Superfund site under the Comprehensive Environ24 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 

25 of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) or the listing of 


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1 the site on the national priorities list under section 

2 105 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 9605). 

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