Municipal Solid Waste Responsibility Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4940
Sponsor: Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Agricultural subsidies
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Biomass energy
Business records
Canada
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental monitoring
Evidence (Law)
Export controls
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fees
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Groundwater
Health
Highway maintenance
Import restrictions
Imports
Incineration
Infrastructure
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Interstate commerce
Interstate relations
Labor and Employment
Labor statistics
Landfills
Law
Licenses
Maps
Methane
Metropolitan areas
Minorities
Motor vehicle pollution control
Municipal solid waste
Native Americans
Pollution control
Pollution measurement
Potable water
Public health
Recycling of waste products
Refuse and refuse disposal
Refuse as fuel
Road construction
State laws
State-local relations
Subpoena
Transboundary pollution
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Treaties
Trucks
Urban affairs
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Wells

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Municipal Solid Waste Responsibility Act of 2004 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit a landfill or incinerator (facility) from receiving out-of-State municipal solid waste unless the owner or operator of the facility obtains explicit authorization from the affected local government. 
 
Directs affected local governments, prior to taking formal action on a request for such authorization, to: (1) notify the Governor, contiguous local governments, and any contiguous Indian tribes; and (2) provide public notice and an opportunity for comment.
 
Creates exceptions to the authorization requirement for owners or operators who held certain authorizations prior to enactment of this Act, where the facility received shipments of out-of-State municipal solid waste during 1993, or where the waste was generated within the bi-State metropolitan statistical area in which the facility is located.
 
Authorizes States to: (1) limit the amount of out-of-State municipal solid waste received annually by facilities; (2) impose cost recovery surcharges on the combustion or disposal of such waste; and (3) enact laws imposing limitations on the receipt and disposal of foreign municipal solid waste.
 
Prohibits persons from importing, transporting, or exporting municipal solid waste for final disposal or incineration in violation of the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct studies and develop recommendations concerning the benefits of alternatives to open field disposal of agricultural solid wastes (including biomass).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 12 - 4.
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House