TRASH Act

Bill: 114-s-1953
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2015-08-05
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations

Solid waste and recycling

State and local government operations

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-08-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Trash Reduction and Sensible Handling Act of 2015 or the TRASH Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize state solid waste management plans to restrict the importation of out-of-state waste at the state and local level by requiring out-of-state waste to be from states with waste handling and reduction standards that are equivalent or higher than the standards of the state receiving the waste.</p> <p>Those plans may impose a community benefit fee on out-of-state waste, which may be higher than the fees for in-state waste. States may provide those fees to affected communities and may differentiate community benefit fees based on whether the imported waste was disposed of at a landfill, an incinerator, a resource recovery facility, a waste-to-energy facility, or other waste handling facility.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1953 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 5, 2015 Mr. Casey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize States to restrict interstate waste imports and impose a higher fee on out-of-State waste.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Trash Reduction and Sensible Handling Act of 2015 or the TRASH Act . 2. Discretionary State plan provisions (a) In general Section 4003(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U .S.C. 6943(b)) is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by striking relating to recycled oil ; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (3) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking Any State and inserting the following: (1) Recycled oil (A) In general Any State ; (4) in the undesignated matter following clause (iv) (as so redesignated), by striking Any plan and inserting the following: (B) Amendments to plans Any plan ; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (2) Interstate waste imports (A) In general Any State plan submitted under this subtitle may include, at the option of the State, provisions to carry out each of the following: (i) Restrictions at the State and local level of interstate waste imports by requiring that waste imported from another State be only from States with equivalent or higher standards of waste handling and reduction. (ii) Subject to subparagraph (B), imposition of higher fees on interstate waste imports, regardless of the compliance of the exporting State with the waste handling and reduction standards of the importing State. (B) Fees described (i) In general A fee imposed under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be known as a community benefit fee . (ii) Disbursal of fees A State may provide community benefit fees to affected communities. (iii) Differentiation of fees The State may differentiate community benefit fees based on whether the imported waste was disposed of at a landfill, an incinerator, a resource recovery facility, a waste-to-energy facility, or other waste handling facility. . (b) Technical amendments Section 4008 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U .S.C. 6948) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking section 4003(b) each place it appears and inserting section 4003(c) ; and (B) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking section 4003(b)(1)(A) and inserting section 4003(c)(1)(A) ; (2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking section 4003(b) and inserting section 4003(b)(1) ; and (3) in subsection (g), by striking section 4003(b)(1) and inserting section 4003(c)(1) .