Title: Community Cleanup Act
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Community Cleanup Act
This bill expands existing notice and publication requirements related to remedial action plans for Superfund sites (sites contaminated with hazardous substances).
Specifically, the bill requires the notice and analysis of a proposed plan to be transmitted to local government officials with jurisdiction over the facility at issue, including any mayor, city council, or the highest ranking official in the area. During the public comment period, written and oral comments may be submitted regarding the use of the facility at issue after the remedial action is taken.
Notice of the final remedial action plan must be transmitted to the local government officials with jurisdiction over the facility at issue.
Finally, the bill expands the minimum publication requirements for proposed and final plans to include an announcement via a radio or television station in the broadcast area surrounding the facility at issue. Additionally, any publications must be posted to the Environmental Protection Agency website.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3382 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3382

  To amend the public participation requirements of the Comprehensive 
 Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2019

Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself and Ms. Blunt Rochester) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
   Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the public participation requirements of the Comprehensive 
 Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Community Cleanup Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

    (a) Proposed Plan.--Section 117(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9617(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``both of'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Transmit the notice and analysis published under 
        paragraph (1) to officials for the local government with 
        jurisdiction over the facility at issue, including--
                    ``(A) any applicable mayor or city council; and
                    ``(B) if no mayor or city council is available, the 
                highest ranking official of such local government, as 
                applicable.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph (2) of 
        this subsection) by inserting ``(including comments regarding 
        use of the facility at issue after remedial action is taken)'' 
        after ``written and oral comments''.
    (b) Final Plan.--Section 117(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9617(b)) 
is amended by inserting ``, and transmitted to officials described in 
subsection (a)(2),'' after ``available to the public''.
    (c) Publication.--Section 117(d) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9617(d)) 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``and require'' after ``publication shall 
        include''; and
            (2) by striking ``general circulation.'' and inserting 
        ``general circulation (if available), announcement sent to a 
        radio station, or television station, the broadcast area of 
        which includes the community surrounding the facility at issue, 
        and posting to the website of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency.''.
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