I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2997 
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Responsive Compensation and 
Liability Act of 1980 (‘‘Superfund’’) to provide that manure is not 
considered a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant under 
that Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 
Mr. LONG (for himself, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. AKIN, Mrs. EMERSON, Mrs. 
HARTZLER, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. CARTER, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. 
HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. 
HARRIS, Mr. TERRY, and Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Responsive 
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (‘‘Superfund’’) 
to provide that manure is not considered a hazardous 
substance or pollutant or contaminant under that Act, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as ‘‘The Superfund Common 
Sense Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ANIMAL WASTE. 
(a) AMENDMENT OF SUPERFUND.—Title III of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation 
and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601) is amended 
by adding the following new section at the end thereof: 
‘‘SEC. 312. EXCEPTION FOR MANURE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the date of enactment of 
this section, manure shall not be included in the meaning 
of ‘hazardous substance’ under section 101(14) of this Act 
or ‘pollutant or contaminant’ under section 101(33) of 
this Act. 
‘‘(b) 
ELIMINATION
OF
PAPERWORK
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The enactment of this section shall not be con-
strued to impose any liability under provisions of the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act 
of 1986 for manure. 
‘‘(c) NO
EFFECT
ON
OTHER
ENVIRONMENTAL 
LAW.—Nothing in this section shall affect the applicability 
of any other environmental statute as it relates to the defi-
nition of manure, or the responsibilities or liabilities of any 
person regarding, the treatment, storage, or disposal of 
manure. 
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‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, 
the term ‘manure’ means— 
‘‘(1) digestive emissions, feces, urine, urea and 
other excrement from livestock (as defined by 7 
C.F.R. 205.2); 
‘‘(2) any associated bedding, compost, raw ma-
terials or other materials commingled with such ex-
crement from livestock (as defined by 7 C.F.R. 
205.2); 
‘‘(3) any process water associated with the 
items referred to in paragraph (1) or (2); and 
‘‘(4) any byproducts, constituents, or sub-
stances contained in, originating from, or emissions 
relating to the items described in paragraph (1), (2), 
or (3).’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT OF SARA.—Section 304(a)(4) of 
the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 
1986 (Public Law 99–499; 100 Stat. 1655) is amended 
by adding the following at the end thereof: ‘‘The notifica-
tion requirements under this subsection shall not apply to 
releases associated with manure (as defined in section 312 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensa-
tion and Liability Act of 1980).’’. 
Æ 
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