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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1190

To impose certain limitations on the receipt of out-of-State municipal solid

waste, to authorize State and local controls over the flow of municipal

solid waste, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 18, 1999

Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself, Mr. KLINK, Mr. UPTON, Mr. DINGELL, Mr.

GILLMOR, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. SAWYER,

Mr. SHERWOOD, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. BUYER, Mr. BROWN

of Ohio, Mr. WOLF, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr.

MINGE, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. PICKETT, Mr.

KANJORSKI, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. TRAFICANT,

Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. LEACH, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr.

RUSH, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. BORSKI, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. COYNE, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. LEVIN, Mr.

HOSTETTLER, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. PEASE, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. PITTS, Mr. KUCINICH,

Ms. KILPATRICK, and Mr. MARKEY) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Commerce

A BILL

To impose certain limitations on the receipt of out-of-State

municipal solid waste, to authorize State and local controls over the flow of municipal solid waste, and for

other purposes.

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Solid Waste Interstate

3 Transportation and Local Authority Act of 1999’’.

4 SEC. 2. INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF

5 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Dis7 posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6941 et seq.) is amended by adding

8 after section 4010 the following new section:

9 ‘‘SEC. 4011. RECEIPT AND DISPOSAL OF OUT-OF-STATE MU10 NICIPAL SOLID WASTE.

11 ‘‘(a) PRESUMPTIVE BAN ON RECEIPT OF OUT-OF12 STATE WASTE.—No landfill or incinerator may receive

13 any out-of-State municipal solid waste for disposal or in14 cineration unless the waste is received pursuant to—

15 ‘‘(1) a host community agreement in accordance

16 with subsection (b) or (c); or

17 ‘‘(2) an exemption under subsection (d).

18 ‘‘(b) EXISTING HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS.—

19 Except as provided in subsection (e), out-of-State munic20 ipal solid waste may be received at a landfill or incinerator

21 for disposal or incineration pursuant to a host community

22 agreement entered into before the enactment of this sec23 tion if—

24 ‘‘(1) the agreement specifically authorizes the

25 owner or operator to accept, at the landfill or incin26 erator, out-of-State municipal solid waste; and
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1 ‘‘(2) the owner or operator complies with all of

2 the terms and conditions of the host community

3 agreement.

4 The owner or operator shall provide a copy of the host

5 community agreement, within 90 days after the enactment

6 of this section, to the State and affected local government

7 and make such a copy available for inspection by the pub8 lic in the affected local community.

9 ‘‘(c) NEW HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS.—

10 ‘‘(1) EXEMPTION FROM BAN.—Except as pro11 vided in subsection (e), out-of-State municipal solid

12 waste may be received at a landfill or incinerator for

13 disposal or incineration pursuant to a host commu14 nity agreement entered into on or after the enact15 ment of this section (in this section referred to as

16 a ‘new host community agreement’) if the agreement

17 specifically authorizes the receipt of such waste and

18 meets the requirements of paragraphs (2) through

19 (5) of this subsection.

20 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTHORIZATION.—

21 An authorization to receive out-of-State municipal

22 solid waste pursuant to a new host community

23 agreement shall be granted by formal action at a

24 meeting; be recorded in writing in the official record

25 of the meeting; and remain in effect according to its
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1 terms. Such authorization may specify terms and

2 conditions, including an amount of out-of-State mu3 nicipal solid waste that an owner or operator may

4 receive and the duration of the authorization.

5 ‘‘(3) INFORMATION.—Prior to seeking an au6 thorization to receive out-of-State municipal solid

7 waste pursuant to a new host community agreement

8 under this subsection, the owner or operator of the

9 facility seeking such authorization shall provide (and

10 make readily available to the State, each contiguous

11 local government and Indian tribe, and any other in12 terested person for inspection and copying) each of

13 the following items of information:

14 ‘‘(A) A brief description of the facility, in15 cluding, with respect to both the facility and

16 any planned expansion of the facility, the size,

17 the ultimate waste capacity, and the anticipated

18 monthly and yearly quantities of waste to be

19 handled. Such quantities shall be expressed in

20 terms of volume.

21 ‘‘(B) A map of the facility site indicating

22 location in relation to the local road system and

23 topography and general hydrogeological fea24 tures. The map shall indicate any buffer zones
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1 to be acquired by the owner or operator as well

2 as all facility units.

3 ‘‘(C) A description of the then current en4 vironmental characteristics of the site, a de5 scription of ground water use in the area, and

6 a discussion of alterations that may be neces7 sitated by, or occur as a result of, the facility.

8 The description of groundwater use shall in9 clude identification of private wells and public

10 drinking water sources.

11 ‘‘(D) A description of environmental con12 trols typically required to be used on the site

13 (pursuant to permit requirements), including

14 run on or run off management, or both, air pol15 lution control devices, source separation proce16 dures (if any), methane monitoring and control,

17 landfill covers, liners or leachate collection sys18 tems, and monitoring programs. In addition,

19 the description shall include a description of

20 any waste residuals generated by the facility,

21 including leachate or ash, and the planned man22 agement of the residuals.

23 ‘‘(E) A description of site access controls

24 to be employed, and roadway improvements to

25 be made, by the owner or operator, and an esti-
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1 mate of the timing and extent of increased local

2 truck traffic.

3 ‘‘(F) A list of all required Federal, State,

4 and local permits.

5 ‘‘(G) Estimates of the personnel require6 ments of the facility, including information re7 garding the probable skill and education levels

8 required for jobs at the facility. To the extent

9 practicable, the information shall distinguish

10 between employment statistics for

11 preoperational and postoperational levels.

12 ‘‘(H) Any information that is required by

13 State or Federal law to be provided with re14 spect to any violations of environmental laws

15 (including regulations) by the owner, the oper16 ator, and any subsidiary of the owner or oper17 ator, the disposition of enforcement proceedings

18 taken with respect to the violations, and correc19 tive action and rehabilitation measures taken as

20 a result of the proceedings.

21 ‘‘(I) Any information that is required by

22 State or Federal law to be provided with re23 spect to gifts and contributions made by the

24 owner or operator.
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1 ‘‘(J) Any information that is required by

2 State or Federal law to be provided with re3 spect to compliance by the owner or operator

4 with the State solid waste management plan.

5 ‘‘(4) PRIOR NOTIFICATION.—Prior to taking

6 formal action with respect to granting authorization

7 to receive out-of-State municipal solid waste pursu8 ant to a new host community agreement under this

9 subsection, an affected local government shall—

10 ‘‘(A) notify the State, contiguous local gov11 ernments, and any contiguous Indian tribes;

12 ‘‘(B) publish notice of the action in a

13 newspaper of general circulation in the affected

14 area at least 15 days before holding a hearing

15 under subparagraph (C), except where State

16 law provides for an alternate form of public no17 tification; and

18 ‘‘(C) provide an opportunity for public

19 comment in accordance with State law, includ20 ing at least 1 public hearing.

21 ‘‘(5) SUBSEQUENT NOTIFICATION.—Promptly,

22 but not later than 90 days after an authorization is

23 granted pursuant to a new host community agree24 ment under this subsection, the affected local gov25 ernment shall notify the Governor, contiguous local
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1 governments, and any contiguous Indian tribes of

2 such authorization.

3 ‘‘(6) AUTHORITY.—

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may enact a

5 law or laws with respect to the entry, by an af6 fected local government in the State, into a host

7 community agreement, as it relates to the inter8 state transportation of solid waste.

9 ‘‘(B) NO DISCRIMINATION.—In enacting a

10 law or laws pursuant to subparagraph (A), a

11 State shall act in a consistent manner that does

12 not discriminate against the receipt of out-of13 State municipal solid waste on the basis of

14 State of origin.

15 ‘‘(d) EXEMPTION FOR WASTE NOT SUBJECT TO

16 HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS.—

17 ‘‘(1) EXEMPTION FROM BAN.—Except as pro18 vided in subsection (e), out-of-State municipal solid

19 waste received at a landfill or incinerator shall be ex20 empt from the presumptive ban contained in sub21 section (a) if the owner or operator of the landfill or

22 incinerator provides to the State in which the landfill

23 or incinerator is located and to the affected local

24 government either of the following:
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1 ‘‘(A) PERMIT.—Information establishing

2 that, before the enactment of this section, the

3 owner or operator of the landfill or incinerator

4 has received a State permit that specifically au5 thorizes the owner or operator to accept, at the

6 landfill or incinerator, such out-of-State munic7 ipal solid waste. This subparagraph shall be ef8 fective only if the owner or operator complies

9 with all of the terms and conditions of the per10 mit after the date of enactment of this section

11 and notifies the affected local government of

12 the permit as soon as practicable but not later

13 than 90 days after the date of enactment of

14 this section.

15 ‘‘(B) CONTRACT.—Information estab16 lishing that the owner or operator of the landfill

17 or incinerator has entered into a binding con18 tract before March 18, 1999, that commits to

19 the delivery to and receipt at the landfill or in20 cinerator of a specific quantity of out-of-State

21 municipal solid waste and that the owner or op22 erator of the landfill or incinerator has per23 mitted capacity actually available on the date of

24 enactment of this section for receipt of the spe25 cific quantity of out-of-State municipal solid
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1 waste committed to in the contract. This sub2 paragraph shall be effective only for the longer

3 of—

4 ‘‘(i) the life of the contract (not in5 cluding any renewal, novation, or extension

6 thereof); or

7 ‘‘(ii) a period of 3 years after the date

8 of enactment of this section,

9 and only with respect to the amount of the obli10 gation in the contract.

11 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTATION.—The

12 owner or operator of a landfill or incinerator receiv13 ing out-of-State municipal solid waste pursuant to

14 an exemption under paragraph (1) shall make avail15 able for inspection by the public in the affected local

16 community a copy of the permit or contract referred

17 to in paragraph (1). The owner or operator may

18 omit any proprietary information contained in con19 tracts.

20 ‘‘(3) DENIED OR REVOKED PERMITS.—A land21 fill or incinerator may not receive for disposal or in22 cineration out-of-State municipal solid waste pursu23 ant to an exemption under paragraph (1) if the op24 erating permit for the landfill or incinerator (or re25 newal thereof) was denied or revoked by the appro-
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1 priate State agency before the date of enactment of

2 this section, unless such permit or license (or re3 newal) has been reinstated as of such date of enact4 ment.

5 ‘‘(e) REQUIRED COMPLIANCE.—Exemptions under

6 subsections (b), (c), and (d) shall not apply to a landfill

7 or incinerator during any period with respect to which the

8 State in which the facility is located has determined that

9 the facility is not in compliance with applicable Federal

10 and State laws and regulations relating to—

11 ‘‘(1) facility operation and design;

12 ‘‘(2) in the case of landfills, facility location

13 standards, leachate collection standards, ground14 water monitoring standards, and standards for fi15 nancial assurance and for closure and postclosure

16 and corrective action; and

17 ‘‘(3) in the case of incinerators, the applicable

18 requirements of section 129 of the Clean Air Act (42

19 U.S.C. 7429).

20 ‘‘(f) AUTHORITY OF STATE TO RESTRICT OUT-OF21 STATE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.—

22 ‘‘(1) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF WASTE RE23 CEIVED.—

24 ‘‘(A) LIMIT FOR ALL FACILITIES IN THE

25 STATE.—A State may limit the amount of out-
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1 of-State municipal solid waste received annually

2 at each landfill or incinerator in the State to

3 the limitation amount described in paragraph

4 (2), except as provided in this subsection. No

5 such limit may conflict—

6 ‘‘(i) with provisions of a permit spe7 cifically authorizing the owner or operator

8 to accept, at the facility, out-of-State mu9 nicipal solid waste; or

10 ‘‘(ii) with a host community agree11 ment entered into between the owner or

12 operator of any such landfill or incinerator

13 and the affected local government.

14 ‘‘(B) CONFLICT.—A limit referred to in

15 subparagraph (A) shall be treated as conflicting

16 with—

17 ‘‘(i) a permit if the permit establishes

18 a higher limit or does not establish any

19 limit on the amount of out-of-State munic20 ipal solid waste which may be received an21 nually at the facility; and

22 ‘‘(ii) a host community agreement if

23 the host community agreement establishes

24 a higher limit or does not establish any

25 limit on the amount of out-of-State munic-
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1 ipal solid waste which may be received an2 nually at the facility, but only to the extent

3 that the landfill or incinerator, at the time

4 the host community agreement was entered

5 into, had specifically permitted capacity to

6 receive the solid waste authorized by the

7 host community agreement.

8 ‘‘(C) LIMIT FOR PARTICULAR FACILI9 TIES.—An affected local government that has

10 not executed a host community agreement with

11 a particular landfill or incinerator may limit the

12 amount of out-of-State municipal solid waste

13 received annually at the landfill or incinerator

14 concerned to the limitation amount described in

15 paragraph (2). No such limit may conflict with

16 provisions of a permit specifically authorizing

17 the owner or operator to accept, at the facility,

18 out-of-State municipal solid waste.

19 ‘‘(D) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing

20 in this subsection shall be interpreted or con21 strued to supersede any State law relating to

22 contracts.

23 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION AMOUNT.—For any landfill or

24 incinerator that commenced receiving documented

25 out-of-State municipal solid waste before the date of
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1 enactment of this section, the limitation amount re2 ferred to in paragraph (1) for any year shall be

3 equal to the amount of out-of-State municipal solid

4 waste received at the landfill or incinerator con5 cerned during calendar year 1993. The documenta6 tion referred to in this paragraph shall be such as

7 would result in criminal penalties under State law

8 in case of false or misleading information. Such doc9 umentation shall include the amount of waste re10 ceived in 1993, place of origin, identity of the gener11 ator, date of shipment, and type of waste.

12 ‘‘(3) NO DISCRIMINATION.—In establishing a

13 limitation under this subsection, a State shall act in

14 a consistent manner that does not discriminate

15 against any shipments of out-of-State municipal

16 solid waste on the basis of State of origin.

17 ‘‘(g) LIMITATIONS ON PROSPECTIVE WASTE

18 FLOWS.—

19 ‘‘(1) STATE AUTHORITY TO DENY PERMITS.—A

20 State may provide by law that the State will deny,

21 or refuse to renew, a permit for the construction or

22 operation of a landfill or incinerator, or for a major

23 modification to an existing landfill or incinerator,

24 if—
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1 ‘‘(A) the State has approved a State or

2 local comprehensive municipal solid waste man3 agement plan developed under Federal or State

4 law; and

5 ‘‘(B) the denial or refusal to renew is

6 based on a determination, pursuant to a State

7 law authorizing the denial or refusal to renew,

8 that there is not a local or regional need for the

9 landfill or incinerator in the State.

10 ‘‘(2) PERCENTAGE LIMIT.—

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may provide

12 by law that a State permit issued or renewed

13 after the date of enactment of this section for

14 a municipal solid waste landfill or incinerator,

15 or for expansion of a municipal solid waste

16 landfill or incinerator, shall include a require17 ment that not more than a specified percentage

18 of the total amount of municipal solid waste re19 ceived annually at the landfill or incinerator

20 may be out-of-State municipal solid waste. A

21 percentage limitation established by a State

22 under this subparagraph shall not be less than

23 20 percent.

24 ‘‘(B) HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENT.—

25 Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (C), a
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1 landfill or incinerator acting pursuant to a host

2 community agreement entered into prior to the

3 date of enactment of this section that specifi4 cally authorizes the landfill or incinerator to re5 ceive a specific quantity of out-of-State munic6 ipal solid waste annually may receive the spe7 cific quantity authorized under the host com8 munity agreement.

9 ‘‘(C) NONDISCRIMINATION.—An annual

10 percentage limitation referred to in subpara11 graph (A)—

12 ‘‘(i) shall be uniform for all municipal

13 solid waste landfills and incinerators in the

14 State; and

15 ‘‘(ii) may not discriminate against

16 out-of-State municipal solid waste accord17 ing to the State of origin.

18 ‘‘(h) AUTHORITY OF STATE TO RESTRICT OUT-OF19 STATE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE BASED ON RECYCLING

20 PROGRAMS.—

21 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—

22 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—A State may limit the

23 amount of out-of-State municipal solid waste

24 received annually at each landfill or incinerator

25 in the State to the amount of out-of-State mu-
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1 nicipal solid waste received at the landfill or in2 cinerator concerned during calendar year 1995

3 if the State has enacted a comprehensive, state4 wide recycling program. No such limit may

5 conflict—

6 ‘‘(i) with provisions of a permit spe7 cifically authorizing the owner or operator

8 to accept, at the facility, out-of-State mu9 nicipal solid waste; or

10 ‘‘(ii) with a host community agree11 ment entered into between the owner or

12 operator of any such landfill or incinerator

13 and the affected local government.

14 ‘‘(B) CONFLICT.—A limit referred to in

15 subparagraph (A) shall be treated as conflicting

16 with—

17 ‘‘(i) a permit if the permit establishes

18 a higher limit or does not establish any

19 limit on the amount of out-of-State munic20 ipal solid waste which may be received an21 nually at the facility; and

22 ‘‘(ii) a host community agreement if

23 the host community agreement establishes

24 a higher limit or does not establish any

25 limit on the amount of out-of-State munic-
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1 ipal solid waste which may be received an2 nually at the facility, but only to the extent

3 that the landfill or incinerator, at the time

4 the host community agreement was entered

5 into, had specifically permitted capacity to

6 receive the solid waste authorized by the

7 host community agreement.

8 ‘‘(2) NO DISCRIMINATION.—In establishing a

9 limitation under this subsection, a State shall act in

10 a consistent manner that does not discriminate

11 against any shipments of out-of-State municipal

12 solid waste on the basis of State of origin.

13 ‘‘(3) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in

14 this subsection shall be interpreted or construed to

15 supersede any State law relating to contracts.

16 ‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection,

17 the term ‘comprehensive, statewide recycling pro18 gram’ means a law of statewide applicability that re19 quires the generators of municipal solid waste to

20 separate all of the following materials for recycling

21 as a condition of disposing of the waste at landfills

22 or incinerators in the State:

23 ‘‘(A) Aluminum containers.

24 ‘‘(B) Corrugated paper or other container

25 board.
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1 ‘‘(C) Glass containers.

2 ‘‘(D) Magazines or other material printed

3 on similar paper.

4 ‘‘(E) Newspapers or other material printed

5 on newsprint.

6 ‘‘(F) Office paper.

7 ‘‘(G) Plastic containers.

8 ‘‘(H) Steel containers.

9 ‘‘(I) Containers for carbonated or malt

10 beverages that are primarily made of a com11 bination of steel and aluminum.

12 ‘‘(i) COST RECOVERY SURCHARGE.—

13 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—A State may impose and

14 collect a cost recovery charge on the processing,

15 combustion, or disposal in a landfill or incinerator of

16 out-of-State municipal solid waste in the State in ac17 cordance with this subsection.

18 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF SURCHARGE.—The amount of

19 the cost recovery surcharge may be no greater than

20 the amount necessary to recover those costs deter21 mined in conformance with paragraph (4) and in no

22 event may exceed $2.00 per ton of waste.

23 ‘‘(3) USE OF SURCHARGE COLLECTED.—All

24 cost recovery surcharges collected by a State shall be

25 used to fund those solid waste management pro-
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1 grams administered by the State or its political sub2 division that incur costs for which the surcharge is

3 collected.

4 ‘‘(4) CONDITIONS.—(A) Subject to subpara5 graphs (B) and (C), a State may impose and collect

6 a cost recovery surcharge on the processing, combus7 tion, or disposal within the State of out-of-State mu8 nicipal solid waste if—

9 ‘‘(i) the State demonstrates a cost to the

10 State arising from the processing, combustion,

11 or disposal within the State of a volume of mu12 nicipal solid waste from a source outside the

13 State;

14 ‘‘(ii) the surcharge is based on those costs

15 to the State demonstrated under clause (i) that,

16 if not paid for through the surcharge, would

17 otherwise have to be paid or subsidized by the

18 State; and

19 ‘‘(iii) the surcharge is compensatory and is

20 not discriminatory.

21 ‘‘(B) In no event shall a cost recovery surcharge

22 be imposed by a State to the extent that the cost for

23 which recovery is sought is otherwise paid, recov24 ered, or offset by any other fee or tax paid to the

25 State or its political subdivision or to the extent that
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1 the amount of the surcharge is offset by voluntarily

2 agreed payments to a State or its political subdivi3 sion in connection with the generation, transpor4 tation, treatment, processing, combustion, or dis5 posal of solid waste.

6 ‘‘(C) The grant of a subsidy by a State with re7 spect to entities disposing of waste generated within

8 the State does not constitute discrimination for pur9 poses of subparagraph (A)(iii).

10 ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this subsection:

11 ‘‘(A) The term ‘costs’ means the costs in12 curred by the State for the implementation of

13 its laws governing the processing, combustion,

14 or disposal of municipal solid waste, limited to

15 the issuance of new permits and renewal of or

16 modification of permits, inspection and compli17 ance monitoring, enforcement, and costs associ18 ated with technical assistance, data manage19 ment, and collection of fees.

20 ‘‘(B) The term ‘processing’ means any ac21 tivity to reduce the volume of solid waste or

22 alter its chemical, biological or physical state,

23 through processes such as thermal treatment,

24 bailing, composting, crushing, shredding, sepa25 ration, or compaction.
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1 ‘‘(j) IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT.—Any

2 State may adopt such laws and regulations, not incon3 sistent with this section, as are necessary to implement

4 and enforce this section, including provisions for penalties.

5 ‘‘(k) EFFECT ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE.—No

6 State or local government action taken as authorized by

7 this section, including the establishment of a limit pursu8 ant to subsection (f) or the enactment or execution of a

9 law or regulation described in subsection (c)(6), (g), (h),

10 (i), or (j), shall be considered to impose an undue burden

11 on interstate commerce or to otherwise impair, restrain,

12 or discriminate against interstate commerce.

13 ‘‘(l) ANNUAL STATE REPORT.—Each year the owner

14 or operator of each landfill or incinerator receiving out15 of-State municipal solid waste shall submit to the Gov16 ernor of the State in which the landfill or incinerator is

17 located information specifying the amount of out-of-State

18 municipal solid waste received for disposal during the pre19 ceding year. Each year each such State shall publish and

20 make available to the public a report containing informa21 tion on the amount of out-of-State municipal solid waste

22 received for disposal in the State during the preceding

23 year.

24 ‘‘(m) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
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1 ‘‘(1) AFFECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The

2 term ‘affected local government’ means—

3 ‘‘(A) the public body authorized by State

4 law to plan for the management of municipal

5 solid waste, a majority of the members of which

6 are elected officials, for the area in which a

7 landfill or incinerator is located or proposed to

8 be located;

9 ‘‘(B) if there is no such body authorized by

10 State law, the elected officials of the city, town,

11 township, borough, county, or parish exercising

12 primary responsibility over municipal solid

13 waste management or the use of land in the ju14 risdiction in which a landfill or incinerator is lo15 cated or proposed to be located; or

16 ‘‘(C) contiguous units of local government

17 located in each of 2 or more adjoining States

18 acting jointly as an affected local government,

19 pursuant to the authority provided in section

20 1005(b), for purposes of providing authoriza21 tion under subsection (b), (c), or (d) for munic22 ipal solid waste generated in the jurisdiction of

23 one of those units of local government and re24 ceived for disposal or incineration in the juris25 diction of another.
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1 ‘‘(2) HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENT.—The

2 term ‘host community agreement’ means a written,

3 legally binding agreement, lawfully entered into be4 tween an owner or operator of a landfill or inciner5 ator and an affected local government that specifi6 cally authorizes the landfill or incinerator to receive

7 out-of-State municipal solid waste.

8 ‘‘(3) MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.—

9 ‘‘(A) WASTE INCLUDED.—Except as pro10 vided in subparagraph (B), the term ‘municipal

11 solid waste’ means—

12 ‘‘(i) all waste materials discarded for

13 disposal by households, including single

14 and multifamily residences, and hotels and

15 motels; and

16 ‘‘(ii) all waste materials discarded for

17 disposal that were generated by commer18 cial, institutional, municipal, and industrial

19 sources, to the extent such materials—

20 ‘‘(I) are essentially the same as

21 materials described in clause (i); or

22 ‘‘(II) were collected and disposed

23 of with other municipal solid waste

24 described in clause (i) or subclause (I)

25 of this clause as part of normal mu-
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1 nicipal solid waste collection services,

2 except that this subclause does not

3 apply to hazardous materials other

4 than hazardous materials that, pursu5 ant to regulations issued under sec6 tion 3001(d), are not subject to regu7 lation under subtitle C.

8 Examples of municipal solid waste include food

9 and yard waste, paper, clothing, appliances,

10 consumer product packaging, disposable dia11 pers, office supplies, cosmetics, glass and metal

12 food containers, and household hazardous

13 waste. Such term shall include debris resulting

14 from construction, remodeling, repair, or demo15 lition of structures.

16 ‘‘(B) WASTE NOT INCLUDED.—The term

17 ‘municipal solid waste’ does not include any of

18 the following:

19 ‘‘(i) Any solid waste identified or list20 ed as a hazardous waste under section

21 3001, except for household hazardous

22 waste.

23 ‘‘(ii) Any solid waste, including con24 taminated soil and debris, resulting from—
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1 ‘‘(I) a response action taken

2 under section 104 or 106 of the Com3 prehensive Environmental Response,

4 Compensation, and Liability Act (42

5 U.S.C. 9604 or 9606);

6 ‘‘(II) a response action taken

7 under a State law with authorities

8 comparable to the authorities of such

9 section 104 or 106; or

10 ‘‘(III) a corrective action taken

11 under this Act.

12 ‘‘(iii) Recyclable materials that have

13 been separated, at the source of the waste,

14 from waste otherwise destined for disposal

15 or that have been managed separately from

16 waste destined for disposal.

17 ‘‘(iv) Scrap rubber to be used as a

18 fuel source.

19 ‘‘(v) Materials and products returned

20 from a dispenser or distributor to the man21 ufacturer or an agent of the manufacturer

22 for credit, evaluation, and possible reuse.

23 ‘‘(vi) Any solid waste that is—

24 ‘‘(I) generated by an industrial

25 facility; and
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1 ‘‘(II) transported for the purpose

2 of treatment, storage, or disposal to a

3 facility or unit thereof that is owned

4 or operated by the generator of the

5 waste, located on property owned by

6 the generator or a company with

7 which the generator is affiliated, or

8 the capacity of which is contractually

9 dedicated exclusively to a specific gen10 erator, so long as the disposal area

11 complies with local and State land use

12 and zoning regulations applicable to

13 the disposal site.

14 ‘‘(vii) Any medical waste that is seg15 regated from or not mixed with solid

16 waste.

17 ‘‘(viii) Sewage sludge and residuals

18 from any sewage treatment plant, includ19 ing any sewage treatment plant required to

20 be constructed in the State of Massachu21 setts pursuant to any court order issued

22 against the Massachusetts Water Re23 sources Authority.

24 ‘‘(ix) Combustion ash generated by re25 source recovery facilities or municipal in-
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1 cinerators, or waste from manufacturing or

2 processing (including pollution control) op3 erations not essentially the same as waste

4 normally generated by households.

5 ‘‘(4) OUT-OF-STATE MUNICIPAL SOLID

6 WASTE.—The term ‘out-of-State municipal solid

7 waste’ means, with respect to any State, municipal

8 solid waste generated outside of the State. The term

9 includes municipal solid waste generated outside of

10 the United States.

11 ‘‘(5) RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.—The term ‘re12 cyclable materials’ means materials that are di13 verted, separated from, or separately managed from

14 materials otherwise destined for disposal as solid

15 waste, by collecting, sorting, or processing for use as

16 raw materials or feedstocks in lieu of, or in addition

17 to, virgin materials, including petroleum, in the

18 manufacture of usable materials or products.

19 ‘‘(6) SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZES.—The term

20 ‘specifically authorizes’ refers to an explicit author21 ization, contained in a host community agreement or

22 permit, to import municipal solid waste from outside

23 the State. Such authorization may include a ref24 erence to a fixed radius surrounding the landfill or

25 incinerator which includes an area outside the State
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1 or a reference to ‘any place of origin’, reference to

2 specific places outside the State, or use of such

3 phrases as ‘regardless of origin’ or ‘outside the

4 State’. The language for such authorization must

5 clearly and affirmatively state the approval or con6 sent of the affected local government or State for re7 ceipt of municipal solid waste from sources or loca8 tions outside the State from which the owner or op9 erator of a landfill or incinerator proposes to import

10 it. The term shall not include general references to

11 the receipt of waste from outside the jurisdiction of

12 the affected local government.’’.

13 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of

14 the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 6901) is

15 amended by adding after the item relating to section 4010

16 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 4011. Receipt and disposal of out-of-State municipal solid waste.’’.

17 (c) INCIDENT REPORTS.—Not later than one year

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually

19 for the next two years, the General Accounting Office shall

20 submit a report to the Committee on Commerce of the

21 House of Representatives and the Committee on Environ22 ment and Public Works of the Senate that contains the

23 following information:

24 (1) Available information for each State that

25 imports municipal solid waste detailing any incidents
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1 or circumstances where waste materials that are not

2 authorized by permit to be disposed of at a landfill

3 or incinerator have been discovered in the imported

4 municipal solid waste during the transportation,

5 processing, or disposal of such waste. Such unau6 thorized waste materials can include hazardous

7 waste, medical waste, radioactive waste, and indus8 trial waste.

9 (2) For each incident or circumstance identified

10 under paragraph (1), an indication of the method or

11 circumstances of detection, and the identity of the

12 source of the waste, the transporter, and the dis13 posal facility.

14 (3) For each incident or circumstance identified

15 under paragraph (1), an indication of whether any16 one was cited for a violation, and if so the nature

17 of the violation and any penalty assessed.

18 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF STATE AND

19 LOCAL MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FLOW CON20 TROL.

21 (a) AMENDMENT OF SUBTITLE D.—Subtitle D of the

22 Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by adding after sec23 tion 4011 the following new section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 4012. CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF STATE

2 AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL OVER

3 MOVEMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

4 AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.

5 ‘‘(a) FLOW CONTROL AUTHORITY FOR FACILITIES

6 PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED.—Any State or political sub7 division thereof is authorized to exercise flow control au8 thority to direct the movement of municipal solid waste

9 and recyclable materials voluntarily relinquished by the

10 owner or generator thereof to particular waste manage11 ment facilities, or facilities for recyclable materials, des12 ignated as of the suspension date, if each of the following

13 conditions are met:

14 ‘‘(1) The waste and recyclable materials are

15 generated within the jurisdictional boundaries of

16 such State or political subdivision, as such jurisdic17 tion was in effect on the suspension date.

18 ‘‘(2) Such flow control authority is imposed

19 through the adoption or execution of a law, ordi20 nance, regulation, resolution, or other legally binding

21 provision or official act of the State or political sub22 division that—

23 ‘‘(A) was in effect on the suspension date;

24 ‘‘(B) was in effect prior to the issuance of

25 an injunction or other order by a court based

26 on a ruling that such law, ordinance, regula-
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1 tion, resolution, or other legally binding provi2 sion or official act violated the Commerce

3 Clause of the United States Constitution; or

4 ‘‘(C) was in effect immediately prior to

5 suspension or partial suspension thereof by leg6 islative or official administrative action of the

7 State or political subdivision expressly because

8 of the existence of an injunction or other court

9 order of the type described in subparagraph (B)

10 issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

11 ‘‘(3) The State or a political subdivision thereof

12 has, for one or more of such designated facilities—

13 ‘‘(A) on or before the suspension date, pre14 sented eligible bonds for sale;

15 ‘‘(B) on or before the suspension date,

16 issued a written public declaration or regulation

17 stating that bonds would be issued and held

18 hearings regarding such issuance, and subse19 quently presented eligible bonds for sale within

20 180 days of the declaration or regulation; or

21 ‘‘(C) on or before the suspension date, exe22 cuted a legally binding contract or agreement

23 that—

24 ‘‘(i) was in effect as of the suspension

25 date;
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1 ‘‘(ii) obligates the delivery of a min2 imum quantity of municipal solid waste or

3 recyclable materials to one or more such

4 designated waste management facilities or

5 facilities for recyclable materials; and

6 ‘‘(iii) either—

7 ‘‘(I) obligates the State or polit8 ical subdivision to pay for that min9 imum quantity of waste or recyclable

10 materials even if the stated minimum

11 quantity of such waste or recyclable

12 materials is not delivered within a re13 quired timeframe; or

14 ‘‘(II) otherwise imposes liability

15 for damages resulting from such fail16 ure.

17 ‘‘(b) WASTE STREAM SUBJECT TO FLOW CON18 TROL.—Subsection (a) authorizes only the exercise of flow

19 control authority with respect to the flow to any des20 ignated facility of the specific classes or categories of mu21 nicipal solid waste and voluntarily relinquished recyclable

22 materials to which such flow control authority was applica23 ble on the suspension date and—

24 ‘‘(1) in the case of any designated waste man25 agement facility or facility for recyclable materials
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1 that was in operation as of the suspension date, only

2 if the facility concerned received municipal solid

3 waste or recyclable materials in those classes or cat4 egories on or before the suspension date; and

5 ‘‘(2) in the case of any designated waste man6 agement facility or facility for recyclable materials

7 that was not yet in operation as of the suspension

8 date, only of the classes or categories that were

9 clearly identified by the State or political subdivision

10 as of the suspension date to be flow controlled to

11 such facility.

12 ‘‘(c) DURATION OF FLOW CONTROL AUTHORITY.—

13 Flow control authority may be exercised pursuant to this

14 section with respect to any facility or facilities only until

15 the later of the following:

16 ‘‘(1) The final maturity date of the bond re17 ferred to in subsection (a)(3)(A) or (B).

18 ‘‘(2) The expiration date of the contract or

19 agreement referred to in subsection (a)(3)(C).

20 ‘‘(3) The adjusted expiration date of a bond

21 issued for a qualified environmental retrofit.

22 The dates referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be

23 determined based upon the terms and provisions of the

24 bond or contract or agreement. In the case of a contract

25 or agreement described in subsection (a)(3)(C) that has
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1 no specified expiration date, for purposes of paragraph (2)

2 of this subsection the expiration date shall be the first date

3 that the State or political subdivision that is a party to

4 the contract or agreement can withdraw from its respon5 sibilities under the contract or agreement without being

6 in default thereunder and without substantial penalty or

7 other substantial legal sanction. The expiration date of a

8 contract or agreement referred to in subsection (a)(3)(C)

9 shall be deemed to occur at the end of the period of an

10 extension exercised during the term of the original con11 tract or agreement, if the duration of that extension was

12 specified by such contract or agreement as in effect on

13 the suspension date.

14 ‘‘(d) INDEMNIFICATION FOR CERTAIN TRANSPOR15 TATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec16 tion, no State or political subdivision may require any per17 son to transport municipal solid waste or recyclable mate18 rials, or to deliver such waste or materials for transpor19 tation, to any active portion of a municipal solid waste

20 landfill unit if contamination of such active portion is a

21 basis for listing of the municipal solid waste landfill unit

22 on the National Priorities List established under the Com23 prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and

24 Liability Act of 1980 unless such State or political subdivi25 sion or the owner or operator of such landfill unit has in-
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1 demnified that person against all liability under that Act

2 with respect to such waste or materials.

3 ‘‘(e) OWNERSHIP OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.—

4 Nothing in this section shall authorize any State or polit5 ical subdivision to require any person to sell or transfer

6 any recyclable materials to such State or political subdivi7 sion.

8 ‘‘(f) LIMITATION ON REVENUE.—A State or political

9 subdivision may exercise the flow control authority grant10 ed in this section only if the State or political subdivision

11 limits the use of any of the revenues it derives from the

12 exercise of such authority to the payment of one or more

13 of the following:

14 ‘‘(1) Principal and interest on any eligible bond.

15 ‘‘(2) Principal and interest on a bond issued for

16 a qualified environmental retrofit.

17 ‘‘(3) Payments required by the terms of a con18 tract referred to in subsection (a)(3)(C).

19 ‘‘(4) Other expenses necessary for the operation

20 and maintenance and closure of designated facilities

21 and other integral facilities identified by the bond

22 necessary for the operation and maintenance of such

23 designated facilities.

24 ‘‘(5) To the extent not covered by paragraphs

25 (1) through (4), expenses for recycling, composting,
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1 and household hazardous waste activities in which

2 the State or political subdivision was engaged before

3 the suspension date. The amount and nature of pay4 ments described in this paragraph shall be fully dis5 closed to the public annually.

6 ‘‘(g) INTERIM CONTRACTS.—A contract of the type

7 referred to in subsection (a)(3)(C) that was entered into

8 during the period—

9 ‘‘(1) before November 10, 1995, and after the

10 effective date of any applicable final court order no

11 longer subject to judicial review specifically invali12 dating the flow control authority of the applicable

13 State or political subdivision; or

14 ‘‘(2) after the applicable State or political sub15 division refrained pursuant to legislative or official

16 administrative action from enforcing flow control au17 thority expressly because of the existence of a court

18 order of the type described in subsection (a)(2)(B)

19 issued by a court of the same State or the Federal

20 judicial circuit within which such State is located

21 and before the effective date on which it resumes en22 forcement of flow control authority after enactment

23 of this section,

24 shall be fully enforceable in accordance with State law.

25 ‘‘(h) AREAS WITH PRE-1984 FLOW CONTROL.—
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1 ‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—A State that on

2 or before January 1, 1984—

3 ‘‘(A) adopted regulations under a State

4 law that required or directed transportation,

5 management, or disposal of municipal solid

6 waste from residential, commercial, institu7 tional, or industrial sources (as defined under

8 State law) to specifically identified waste man9 agement facilities, and applied those regulations

10 to every political subdivision of the State; and

11 ‘‘(B) subjected such waste management fa12 cilities to the jurisdiction of a State public utili13 ties commission,

14 may exercise flow control authority over municipal

15 solid waste in accordance with the other provisions

16 of this section.

17 ‘‘(2) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority

18 to direct municipal solid waste to any facility pursu19 ant to this subsection shall terminate with regard to

20 such facility in accordance with subsection (c).

21 ‘‘(i) EFFECT ON AUTHORITY OF STATES AND POLIT22 ICAL SUBDIVISIONS.—Nothing in this section shall be

23 interpreted—
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1 ‘‘(1) to authorize a political subdivision to exer2 cise the flow control authority granted by this sec3 tion in a manner inconsistent with State law;

4 ‘‘(2) to permit the exercise of flow control au5 thority over municipal solid waste and recyclable ma6 terials to an extent greater than the maximum vol7 ume authorized by State permit to be disposed at

8 the waste management facility or processed at the

9 facility for recyclable materials;

10 ‘‘(3) to limit the authority of any State or polit11 ical subdivision to place a condition on a franchise,

12 license, or contract for municipal solid waste or recy13 clable materials collection, processing, or disposal; or

14 ‘‘(4) to impair in any manner the authority of

15 any State or political subdivision to adopt or enforce

16 any law, ordinance, regulation, or other legally bind17 ing provision or official act relating to the movement

18 or processing of municipal solid waste or recyclable

19 materials which does not constitute discrimination

20 against or an undue burden upon interstate com21 merce.

22 ‘‘(j) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this sec23 tion shall take effect with respect to the exercise by any

24 State or political subdivision of flow control authority on

25 or after the date of enactment of this section. Such provi-
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1 sions, other than subsection (d), shall also apply to the

2 exercise by any State or political subdivision of flow con3 trol authority before such date of enactment, except that

4 nothing in this section shall affect any final judgment that

5 is no longer subject to judicial review as of the date of

6 enactment of this section insofar as such judgment award7 ed damages based on a finding that the exercise of flow

8 control authority was unconstitutional.

9 ‘‘(k) STATE SOLID WASTE DISTRICT AUTHORITY.—

10 In addition to any other flow control authority authorized

11 under this section a solid waste district or a political sub12 division of a State may exercise flow control authority for

13 a period of 20 years after the enactment of this section,

14 for municipal solid waste and for recyclable materials that

15 is generated within its jurisdiction if—

16 ‘‘(1) the solid waste district, or a political sub17 division within such district, is required through a

18 recyclable materials recycling program to meet a

19 municipal solid waste reduction goal of at least 30

20 percent by the year 2005, and uses revenues gen21 erated by the exercise of flow control authority

22 strictly to implement programs to manage municipal

23 solid waste and recyclable materials, other than in24 cineration programs; and
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1 ‘‘(2) prior to the suspension date, the solid

2 waste district, or a political subdivision within such

3 district—

4 ‘‘(A) was responsible under State law for

5 the management and regulation of the storage,

6 collection, processing, and disposal of solid

7 wastes within its jurisdiction;

8 ‘‘(B) was authorized by State statute (en9 acted prior to January 1, 1992) to exercise flow

10 control authority, and subsequently adopted or

11 sought to exercise the authority through a law,

12 ordinance, regulation, regulatory proceeding,

13 contract, franchise, or other legally binding pro14 vision; and

15 ‘‘(C) was required by State statute (en16 acted prior to January 1, 1992) to develop and

17 implement a solid waste management plan con18 sistent with the State solid waste management

19 plan, and the district solid waste management

20 plan was approved by the appropriate State

21 agency prior to September 15, 1994.

22 ‘‘(l) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN CONSORTIA.—For

23 purposes of this section, if—

24 ‘‘(1) two or more political subdivisions are

25 members of a consortium of political subdivisions es-
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1 tablished to exercise flow control authority with re2 spect to any waste management facility or facility

3 for recyclable materials;

4 ‘‘(2) all of such members have either presented

5 eligible bonds for sale or executed contracts with the

6 owner or operator of the facility requiring use of

7 such facility;

8 ‘‘(3) the facility was designated as of the sus9 pension date by at least one of such members;

10 ‘‘(4) at least one of such members has met the

11 requirements of subsection (a)(2) with respect to

12 such facility; and

13 ‘‘(5) at least one of such members has pre14 sented eligible bonds for sale, or entered into a con15 tract or agreement referred to in subsection

16 (a)(3)(C), on or before the suspension date, for such

17 facility,

18 the facility shall be treated as having been designated, as

19 of May 16, 1994, by all members of such consortium, and

20 all such members shall be treated as meeting the require21 ments of subsection (a)(2) and (3) with respect to such

22 facility.

23 ‘‘(m) RECOVERY OF DAMAGES.—

24 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—No damages, interest on

25 damages, costs, or attorneys’ fees may be recovered
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1 in any claim against any State or local government,

2 or official or employee thereof, based on the exercise

3 of flow control authority on or before May 16, 1994.

4 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall

5 apply to cases commenced on or after the date of en6 actment of the Solid Waste Interstate Transpor7 tation and Local Authority Act of 1999, and shall

8 apply to cases commenced before such date except

9 cases in which a final judgment no longer subject to

10 judicial review has been rendered.

11 ‘‘(n) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this

12 section—

13 ‘‘(1) ADJUSTED EXPIRATION DATE.—The term

14 ‘adjusted expiration date’ means, with respect to a

15 bond issued for a qualified environmental retrofit,

16 the earlier of the final maturity date of such bond

17 or 15 years after the date of issuance of such bond.

18 ‘‘(2) BOND ISSUED FOR A QUALIFIED ENVIRON19 MENTAL RETROFIT.—The term ‘bond issued for a

20 qualified environmental retrofit’ means a bond de21 scribed in paragraph (4)(A) or (B), the proceeds of

22 which are dedicated to financing the retrofitting of

23 a resource recovery facility or a municipal solid

24 waste incinerator necessary to comply with section

25 129 of the Clean Air Act, provided that such bond
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1 is presented for sale before the expiration date of the

2 bond or contract referred to in subsection (a)(3)(A),

3 (B), or (C) that is applicable to such facility and no

4 later than December 31, 1999.

5 ‘‘(3) DESIGNATED.—The term ‘designated’

6 means identified by a State or political subdivision

7 for receipt of all or any portion of the municipal

8 solid waste or recyclable materials that is generated

9 within the boundaries of the State or political sub10 division. Such designation includes designation

11 through—

12 ‘‘(A) bond covenants, official statements,

13 or other official financing documents issued by

14 a State or political subdivision issuing an eligi15 ble bond; and

16 ‘‘(B) the execution of a contract of the

17 type described in subsection (a)(3)(C),

18 in which one or more specific waste management fa19 cilities are identified as the requisite facility or facili20 ties for receipt of municipal solid waste or recyclable

21 materials generated within the jurisdictional bound22 aries of that State or political subdivision.

23 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE BOND.—The term ‘eligible bond’

24 means—
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1 ‘‘(A) a revenue bond or similar instrument

2 of indebtedness pledging payment to the bond3 holder or holder of the debt of identified reve4 nues; or

5 ‘‘(B) a general obligation bond,

6 the proceeds of which are used to finance one or

7 more designated waste management facilities, facili8 ties for recyclable materials, or specifically and di9 rectly related assets, development costs, or finance

10 costs, as evidenced by the bond documents.

11 ‘‘(5) FLOW CONTROL AUTHORITY.—The term

12 ‘flow control authority’ means the regulatory author13 ity to control the movement of municipal solid waste

14 or voluntarily relinquished recyclable materials and

15 direct such solid waste or recyclable materials to one

16 or more designated waste management facilities or

17 facilities for recyclable materials within the bound18 aries of a State or political subdivision.

19 ‘‘(6) MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.—The term

20 ‘municipal solid waste’ has the meaning given that

21 term in section 4011, except that such term—

22 ‘‘(A) includes waste material removed from

23 a septic tank, septage pit, or cesspool (other

24 than from portable toilets); and

25 ‘‘(B) does not include—
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1 ‘‘(i) any substance the treatment and

2 disposal of which is regulated under the

3 Toxic Substances Control Act;

4 ‘‘(ii) waste generated during scrap

5 processing and scrap recycling; or

6 ‘‘(iii) construction and demolition de7 bris, except where the State or political

8 subdivision had on or before January 1,

9 1989, issued eligible bonds secured pursu10 ant to State or local law requiring the de11 livery of construction and demolition debris

12 to a waste management facility designated

13 by such State or political subdivision.

14 ‘‘(7) POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—The term ‘polit15 ical subdivision’ means a city, town, borough, coun16 ty, parish, district, or public service authority or

17 other public body created by or pursuant to State

18 law with authority to present for sale an eligible

19 bond or to exercise flow control authority.

20 ‘‘(8) RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.—The term ‘re21 cyclable materials’ means any materials that have

22 been separated from waste otherwise destined for

23 disposal (either at the source of the waste or at

24 processing facilities) or that have been managed sep25 arately from waste destined for disposal, for the pur-
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1 pose of recycling, reclamation, composting of organic

2 materials such as food and yard waste, or reuse

3 (other than for the purpose of incineration). Such

4 term includes scrap tires to be used in resource re5 covery.

6 ‘‘(9) SUSPENSION DATE.—The term ‘suspension

7 date’ means, with respect to a State or political

8 subdivision—

9 ‘‘(A) May 16, 1994;

10 ‘‘(B) the date of an injunction or other

11 court order described in subsection (a)(2)(B)

12 that was issued with respect to that State or

13 political subdivision; or

14 ‘‘(C) the date of a suspension or partial

15 suspension described in subsection (a)(2)(C)

16 with respect to that State or political subdivi17 sion.

18 ‘‘(10) WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY.—The

19 term ‘waste management facility’ means any facility

20 for separating, storing, transferring, treating, proc21 essing, combusting, or disposing of municipal solid

22 waste.’’.

23 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for

24 subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended
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1 by adding the following new item after the item relating

2 to section 4011:

‘‘Sec. 4012. Congressional authorization of State and local government control

over movement of municipal solid waste and recyclable materials.’’.

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