I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4827 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
review regulations for municipal solid waste landfills to determine if 
such regulations are, with the respect to the disposal of coal combustion 
residuals in such landfills, protective of health and the environment, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2016 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, and Ms. PLASKETT) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to review regulations for municipal solid 
waste landfills to determine if such regulations are, with 
the respect to the disposal of coal combustion residuals 
in such landfills, protective of health and the environ-
ment, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coal Ash Landfill Safe-
ty Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REVIEW OF REGULATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID 
WASTE 
LANDFILLS 
THAT 
RECEIVE 
COAL 
COMBUSTION RESIDUALS. 
(a) REVIEW.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall complete 
a review of the regulations issued under the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) applicable to munic-
ipal solid waste landfills with respect to the disposal of 
coal combustion residuals at such landfills. 
(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the review under sub-
section (a) the Administrator shall— 
(1) determine, with respect to the disposal of 
coal combustion residuals, if the regulations de-
scribed in subsection (a) for municipal solid waste 
landfills are at least as protective of health and the 
environment as the regulations set forth in the coal 
combustion residuals rule are for landfills and sur-
face impoundments that are subject to such coal 
combustion residuals rule; 
(2) examine, with respect to the disposal of coal 
combustion residuals, any differences in require-
ments, protections, and impacts between the regula-
tions described in subsection (a) and the regulations 
set forth in the coal combustion residuals rule, in-
cluding— 
(A) fugitive dust protections; 
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(B) groundwater monitoring for coal com-
bustion residuals specific parameters; 
(C) cleanup standards for coal combustion 
residuals contaminants; 
(D) weekly, monthly, and annual inspec-
tion requirements; 
(E) a prohibition against placing coal com-
bustion residuals within 5 feet of groundwater; 
(F) public access to compliance data and 
information, including public posting of moni-
toring data, corrective action plans, and inspec-
tion reports on a publicly accessible Internet 
website; and 
(G) disproportionate impacts to health and 
environment of low-income and minority popu-
lations in accordance with Executive Order 
12898, ‘‘Federal Actions To Address Environ-
mental Justice in Minority Populations and 
Low-Income Populations’’. 
(c) REVISION OF REGULATIONS.—If, pursuant to the 
review under subsection (a), the Administrator determines 
that, with respect to the disposal of coal combustion re-
siduals, the regulations applicable to municipal solid waste 
landfills described in subsection (a) fail to provide at least 
equivalent protection for health and the environment as 
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the regulations set forth in the coal combustion residuals 
rule for landfills and surface impoundments subject to 
such coal combustion residuals rule, not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator shall revise the regulations applicable to mu-
nicipal solid waste landfills that receive coal combustion 
residuals to provide equivalent or greater protection. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS.—The term 
‘‘coal combustion residuals’’ means fly ash, bottom 
ash, boiler slag, and flue gas desulfurization mate-
rials generated from burning coal for the purpose of 
generating electricity by electric utilities and inde-
pendent power producers. 
(3) COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS RULE.—The 
term ‘‘coal combustion residuals rule’’ means the 
rule entitled ‘‘Hazardous and Solid Waste Manage-
ment System; Disposal of Coal Combustion Residu-
als From Electric Utilities’’ published at 80 Fed. 
Reg. 21302 (April 17, 2015) (including any suc-
cessor regulation). 
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