Stop Solid Waste Incineration Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2827
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2003-07-23 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Compost
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental law enforcement
Federal aid to air pollution control
Federal aid to transportation
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
Incineration
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Interstate relations
Landfills
Law
Planning
Recycling of waste products
Refuse and refuse disposal
State-local relations
Transboundary pollution
Transportation and Public Works
Waste reduction
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Stop Solid Waste Incineration Act of 2003 - Requires each State to adopt and submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a three-year implementation plan to achieve: (1) increased recycling by at least 75 percent; (2) water source pollution reduction; (3) restriction of landfill dumping to materials that are not recyclable or compostable; (4) the phasing out of solid waste incineration within four years and six months after this Act's enactment; (5) a waste reduction rate of ten percent; and (6) an increase in composting of ten percent. Provides for Federal implementation plans for States that fail to meet plan submission requirements. 
Authorizes the Administrator to impose a prohibition on the approval by the Secretary of Transportation of certain highway projects or awarding of highway grants applicable to a State that fails to submit a plan, has a plan submission disapproved, or fails to implement a requirement of an approved plan.
Provides for grants to States that phase out the incineration of solid waste prior to the deadline established under this Act.
Grants a State the authority to limit or restrict the importation of solid waste on the date the State phases out solid waste incineration.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: 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.
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-23
text: Introduced in House