H. R. 365 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven 
An Act 
To provide for a research program for remediation of closed methamphetamine 
production laboratories, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Methamphetamine Remediation 
Research Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Methamphetamine use and production is growing rap-
idly throughout the United States. 
(2) Materials and residues remaining from the production 
of methamphetamine pose novel environmental problems in 
locations where methamphetamine laboratories have been 
closed. 
(3) There has been little standardization of measures for 
determining when the site of a closed methamphetamine labora-
tory has been successfully remediated. 
(4) Initial cleanup actions are generally limited to removal 
of hazardous substances and contaminated materials that pose 
an immediate threat to public health or the environment. It 
is not uncommon for significant levels of contamination to 
be found throughout residential structures after a methamphet-
amine laboratory has closed, partially because of a lack of 
knowledge of how to achieve an effective cleanup. 
(5) Data on methamphetamine laboratory-related contami-
nants of concern are very limited, and cleanup standards do 
not currently exist. In addition, procedures for sampling and 
analysis of contaminants need to be researched and developed. 
(6) Many States are struggling with establishing remedi-
ation guidelines and programs to address the rapidly expanding 
number of methamphetamine laboratories being closed each 
year. 
SEC. 3. VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES.—Not later 
than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this Act referred 
to as the ‘‘Administrator’’), in consultation with the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, shall establish voluntary 
guidelines, based on the best currently available scientific knowl-
edge, for the remediation of former methamphetamine laboratories,
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including guidelines regarding preliminary site assessment and the 
remediation of residual contaminants. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the voluntary guidelines 
under subsection (a), the Administrator shall consider, at a min-
imum— 
(1) relevant standards, guidelines, and requirements found 
in Federal, State, and local laws and regulations; 
(2) the varying types and locations of former methamphet-
amine laboratories; and 
(3) the expected cost of carrying out any proposed guide-
lines. 
(c) STATES.—The voluntary guidelines should be designed to 
assist State and local governments in the development and the 
implementation of legislation and other policies to apply state- 
of-the-art knowledge and research results to the remediation of 
former methamphetamine laboratories. The Administrator shall 
work with State and local governments and other relevant non- 
Federal agencies and organizations, including through the con-
ference described in section 5, to promote and encourage the appro-
priate adoption of the voluntary guidelines. 
(d) UPDATING
THE
GUIDELINES.—The Administrator shall 
periodically update the voluntary guidelines as the Administrator, 
in consultation with States and other interested parties, determines 
to be necessary and appropriate to incorporate research findings 
and other new knowledge. 
SEC. 4. RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
The Administrator shall establish a program of research to 
support the development and revision of the voluntary guidelines 
described in section 3. Such research shall— 
(1) identify methamphetamine laboratory-related chemicals 
of concern; 
(2) assess the types and levels of exposure to chemicals 
of concern identified under paragraph (1), including routine 
and accidental exposures, that may present a significant risk 
of adverse biological effects, and the research necessary to 
better address biological effects and to minimize adverse human 
exposures; 
(3) evaluate the performance of various methamphetamine 
laboratory cleanup and remediation techniques; and 
(4) support other research priorities identified by the 
Administrator in consultation with States and other interested 
parties. 
SEC. 5. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CONFERENCE. 
(a) CONFERENCE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and at least every third year thereafter, 
the Administrator shall convene a conference of appropriate State 
agencies, as well as individuals or organizations involved in research 
and other activities directly related to the environmental, or 
biological impacts of former methamphetamine laboratories. The 
conference should be a forum for the Administrator to provide 
information on the guidelines developed under section 3 and on 
the latest findings from the research program described in section 
4, and for the non-Federal participants to provide information on 
the problems and needs of States and localities and their experience 
with guidelines developed under section 3.