‘‘(B) publish notice of the action in a 
newspaper of general circulation at least 30 
days before holding a hearing and again at 
least 15 days before holding the hearing, except 
where State law provides for an alternate form 
of public notification; and 
‘‘(C) provide an opportunity for public 
comment in accordance with State law, includ-
ing at least 1 public hearing. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION NOT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN 
FACILITIES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A landfill or incinerator 
may receive for disposal or incineration out-of-State 
municipal solid waste in the absence of an authoriza-
tion under subsection (a) if each of the following re-
quirements are met: 
‘‘(A) The owner or operator provides either 
of the following to the Governor of the State in 
which the landfill or incinerator is located and 
to the affected local government: 
‘‘(i) Information establishing that, be-
fore the date of enactment of this section, 
the owner or operator of the landfill or in-
cinerator has entered into a host commu-
nity agreement or received a State permit
specifically authorizing the owner or oper-
ator to accept, at the landfill or inciner-
ator, out-of-State municipal solid waste. 
This clause shall be effective only if the 
owner or operator complies with all of the 
terms and conditions of the host commu-
nity agreement or permit and, in the case 
of a permit, notifies the affected local gov-
ernment of the permit, as soon as prac-
ticable but not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(ii) Information establishing that 
during 1993 the landfill or incinerator re-
ceived shipments of out-of-State municipal 
solid waste. Such information shall be in 
such documented form as will result in 
criminal penalties under State law in case 
of false or misleading information. Such 
information 
shall 
include 
information 
about the date of shipment, place of origin 
of the waste, and the type of waste. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a landfill or incinerator 
in operation on the date of enactment of this 
section, the landfill or incinerator must be in 
compliance as of such date with applicable Fed-
eral and State environmental laws (including 
regulations), including, in the case of landfills, 
applicable laws and regulations relating to de-
sign and location standards, leachate collection, 
ground water monitoring, and financial assur-
ance for closure and post-closure care and cor-
rective action. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT
RECEIVED
UNDER
PARAGRAPH 
(1)(A)(ii).—
‘‘(A) STATES NOT EXERCISING RATCHET 
AUTHORITY UNDER SUBSECTION (c)(5).—
‘‘(i) FACILITIES COVERED.—This sub-
paragraph shall cover only landfills and in-
cinerators in States which do not establish 
a limit on out-of-State municipal solid 
waste under subsection (c)(5). 
‘‘(ii) WASTE UNDER CONTRACT.—For 
any landfill or incinerator covered by this 
subparagraph and authorized to receive 
out-of-State municipal solid waste pursu-
ant to paragraph (1), if out-of-State mu-
nicipal solid waste was received at such 
landfill or incinerator during 1993 under a 
contract, paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall apply 
to the amount of out-of-State municipal
solid waste specified in the contract for the 
longer of the following periods: 
‘‘(I) The life of the later of the 
contract in effect in 1993 or any sub-
sequent contract in effect as of the 
date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(II) The period ending 6 years 
after the date of enactment of this 
section. 
For purposes of subclause (I), the term 
‘life of the contract’ shall not include any 
renewal, novation, or other extension there-
of (as determined under State law). 
‘‘(iii) SPOT WASTE.—For a landfill or 
incinerator covered by this subparagraph 
and authorized to receive out-of-State mu-
nicipal solid waste pursuant to paragraph 
(1), if out-of-State municipal solid waste 
was received at such landfill or incinerator 
during 1993 in the absence of a contract, 
paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall apply to the re-
ceipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste 
for a period ending 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this section.