SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Methamphetamine Re-
mediation Research Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Methamphetamine use and production is 
growing rapidly throughout the United States. 
(2) Materials and residues remaining from the 
production of methamphetamine pose novel environ-
mental problems in locations where methamphet-
amine laboratories have been closed. 
(3) There has been little standardization of 
measures for determining when the site of a closed 
methamphetamine laboratory has been successfully 
remediated. 
(4) Initial cleanup actions are generally limited 
to removal of hazardous substances and contami-
nated materials that pose an immediate threat to 
public health or the environment. It is not uncom-
mon for significant levels of contamination to be 
found throughout residential structures after a 
methamphetamine laboratory has closed, partially 
because of a lack of knowledge of how to achieve an 
effective cleanup. 
(5) Data on methamphetamine laboratory-re-
lated contaminants of concern are very limited, and
cleanup standards do not currently exist. In addi-
tion, procedures for sampling and analysis of con-
taminants need to be researched and developed. 
(6) Many States are struggling with estab-
lishing remediation guidelines and programs to ad-
dress the rapidly expanding number of methamphet-
amine 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 Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’), in consultation with the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, shall establish voluntary 
guidelines, based on the best currently available scientific 
knowledge, for the remediation of former methamphet-
amine laboratories, including guidelines regarding prelimi-
nary site assessment and the remediation of residual con-
taminants. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the voluntary 
guidelines under subsection (a), the Administrator shall 
consider, at a minimum—
(1) relevant standards, guidelines, and require-
ments found in Federal, State, and local laws and 
regulations;
(2) the varying types and locations of former 
methamphetamine laboratories; and 
(3) the expected cost of carrying out any pro-
posed guidelines. 
(c) STATES.—The voluntary guidelines should be de-
signed to assist State and local governments in the devel-
opment 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 conference de-
scribed in section 5, to promote and encourage the appro-
priate adoption of the voluntary guidelines. 
(d) UPDATING
THE GUIDELINES.—The Adminis-
trator shall periodically update the voluntary guidelines as 
the Administrator, in consultation with States and other 
interested parties, determines to be necessary and appro-
priate to incorporate research findings and other new 
knowledge. 
SEC. 4. RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
The Administrator shall establish a program of re-
search to support the development and revision of the vol-
untary guidelines described in section 3. Such research 
shall—
(1) identify methamphetamine laboratory-re-
lated 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 ef-
fects, and the research necessary to better address 
biological effects and to minimize adverse human ex-
posures; 
(3) evaluate the performance of various meth-
amphetamine 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 con-
ference of appropriate State agencies, as well as individ-
uals or organizations involved in research and other activi-
ties directly related to the environmental, or biological im-
pacts of former methamphetamine laboratories. The con-
ference 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 de-
scribed 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. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 months after each 
conference, the Administrator shall submit a report to the 
Congress that summarizes the proceedings of the con-
ference, including a summary of any recommendations or 
concerns raised by the non-Federal participants and how 
the Administrator intends to respond to them. The report 
shall also be made widely available to the general public. 
SEC. 6. RESIDUAL EFFECTS STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall enter 
into an arrangement with the National Academy of 
Sciences for a study of the status and quality of research 
on the residual effects of methamphetamine laboratories. 
The study shall identify research gaps and recommend an 
agenda for the research program described in section 4. 
The study shall pay particular attention to the need for 
research on the impacts of methamphetamine laboratories 
on—
(1) the residents of buildings where such lab-
oratories are, or were, located, with particular em-
phasis given to biological impacts on children; and 
(2) first responders. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 months after the 
completion of the study, the Administrator shall transmit 
to Congress a report on how the Administrator will use 
the results of the study to carry out the activities de-
scribed in sections 3 and 4. 
SEC. 7. METHAMPHETAMINE DETECTION RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
The Director of National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, in consultation with the Administrator, shall 
support a research program to develop—
(1) new methamphetamine detection tech-
nologies, with emphasis on field test kits and site de-
tection; and 
(2) appropriate standard reference materials 
and validation procedures for methamphetamine de-
tection testing. 
SEC. 8. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect or 
limit the application of, or any obligation to comply with, 
any State or Federal environmental law or regulation, in-
cluding the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 
et seq.). 
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Environmental 
Protection Agency to carry out this Act $1,750,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2007 and 2008. 
(b) NATIONAL
INSTITUTE
OF
STANDARDS
AND 
TECHNOLOGY.—There are authorized to be appropriated 
to the National Institute of Standards and Technology to 
carry out this Act $750,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2007 and 2008. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 7, 
2007. 
Attest:
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 365
AN ACT 
To provide for a research program for remediation 
of closed methamphetamine production labora-
tories, and for other purposes.