A bill to require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake remediation oversight of the West Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri.

Bill: 115-s-1211
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2017-05-24
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Army Corps of Engineers

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Missouri

Pollution liability

Radioactive wastes and releases

Solid waste and recycling
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill directs the Department of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to act as the lead agency with respect to radioactive contamination remediation at the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, Missouri.</p> <p>Nothing in this Act affects the site's designation as a Superfund site.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1211 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 24, 2017 Mr. Blunt (for himself and Mrs. McCaskill ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake remediation oversight of the West Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri.

1. Transfer of oversight authority from EPA to Corps of Engineers (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers. (2) Site The term site means the West Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri. (b) Transfer Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— (1) under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, undertake the functions and activities described in section 611 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000 ( 10 U.S.C. 2701 note; Public Law 106–60 ) as the lead agency responding to radioactive contamination at the site; and (2) carry out remediation activities at the site in accordance with that section. (c) Cost recovery The Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Attorney General, shall— (1) seek to recover any response costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out this section in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); and (2) return any funds that are recovered under paragraph (1) to be used to carry out the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program of the Corps of Engineers. (d) Funding The Secretary shall use amounts made available to the Secretary to carry out the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program to carry out this section. (e) Savings provisions (1) No liability Nothing in subsection (b) creates liability for— (A) the Secretary for— (i) contamination at the site; or (ii) any actions or failures to act by any past, current, or future licensees, owners, operators, or users of the site; or (B) any other party involved with the site. (2) No effect on liability under other law Nothing in subsection (b) alters the liability of any party relating to the site under any other provision of law. (3) No effect on Superfund status; national priorities list designation Nothing in this Act affects the designation of the site as a Superfund site under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) or the listing of the site on the national priorities list under section 105 of that Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9605 ).