Food Contamination Prevention Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations: (1) prohibiting the transportation in commerce of hazardous, medical, recyclable, and terminal waste in any refrigerated or other vehicle designed for transporting perishable food or in any vehicle that is also used to transport any food, food additive, drug, cosmetic, or device, or any package containing such items; (2) establishing health and safety standards for the transportation in commerce of recyclable and reusable waste in vehicles that are also used to transport any food, food additive, drug, cosmetic, or device, or any package containing such items; (3) requiring any vehicle used to transport solid waste to be labeled in a manner that identifies the vehicle as a dedicated or nondedicated waste vehicle and that identifies the class of waste transported by such vehicle; (4) requiring each solid waste management facility to institute a program to ensure that all nondedicated waste vehicles that are used to transport solid waste are kept free from contaminants through the use of reasonably available current technology; and (5) establishing criteria for three classes of nonhazardous solid waste (reusable, recyclable, and terminal as defined in this Act).
Prescribes criminal penalties for violation of such regulations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
Field Hearings Held in Cambridge, Ohio, Prior to Introduction (May 5, 89)
Field Hearings Held in San Jose, California, Prior to Introduction (May 15, 89)
Field Hearings Held in Denver, Colorado, Prior ot Introduction (Jun 5, 89)
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation Prior to Introduction (Jul 12, 89)
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation Prior to Introduction (Jul 13, 89)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
See H.R.3386.
See H.R.3386.
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