To require generators of hazardous waste to treat or dispose of their waste at the site on which the waste was generated.

Requires hazardous waste generators to treat, dispose, or recycle waste on the site on which the waste was generated.

 
HR 510 IH
102d CONGRESS
1st Session
 H. R. 510
To require generators of hazardous waste to treat or dispose of their waste
at the site on which the waste was generated.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 11, 1991
Mr. KOLTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To require generators of hazardous waste to treat or dispose of their waste
at the site on which the waste was generated.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT.
  (a) REQUIREMENT- Each generator of hazardous waste shall perform--
  (1) treatment of that waste so as to render the waste harmless; or
  (2) disposal or recycling of that waste;
on the site on which the waste was generated.
  (b) EXCEPTION- The requirement of subsection (a) shall not apply to
  generators who generate waste in a small quantity, as that term is used
  in the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
  (c) DEFINITIONS- For purposes of this Act, the terms `generator', `hazardous
  waste', `treatment', and `disposal' have the meanings given those terms
  in section 1004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6903).