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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4341 
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response 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 
NOVEMBER 16, 2005 
Mr. HALL (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. GOOD-
LATTE, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. OTTER, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, 
Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, Mr. 
CARTER, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. COSTA, 
Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. 
ROSS, Mr. HAYES, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. 
PAUL, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. POMBO, Mr. SALAZAR, and Mr. SHAD-
EGG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response Com-
pensation and Liability Act of 1980 (‘‘Superfund’’) to 
provide that manure is not considered a hazardous sub-
stance 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,
SECTION 1. 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.—(1) The enactment of this section shall not be 
construed to impose any liability under provisions of the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act 
of 1986 for manure. 
‘‘(2) The enactment of this section shall not be inter-
preted or construed to affect or abrogate the establish-
ment nor the provisions of the Air Quality Compliance 
Agreement, published in Volume 70, No. 19 of the Federal 
Register on Jan. 31, 2005, and entered into by agricul-
tural operators and the Administrator. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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 (Pub. L. 99–499; 100 Stat. 1655.) is amended by 
adding the following at the end thereof: ‘‘The notification 
requirements under this subsection shall not apply to re-
leases associated with manure (as defined in section 312
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensa-
tion and Liability Act of 1980).’’ . 
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