Amends title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the ocean dumping of any liquid hazardous substance starting five years after enactment of this Act.
Permits such interim dumping only if the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finds, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that: (1) there is no other technologically feasible method of disposal or treatment; or (2) any such method is more dangerous to human health than ocean dumping.
Exempts from such prohibition any substance which is rapidly neutralized in the marine environment.
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to place similar prohibitions on the land disposal of liquid hazardous waste.
Requires the Administrator of EPA to notify Congress within two years of those liquid hazardous wastes which can only be land disposed.
Authorizes Federal agencies to dispose of liquid hazardous wastes by means other than ocean dumping or land disposal.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.
Executive Comment Requested from HHS, Interior, Commerce, CEQ, EPA, Marine Mammal Comm.
Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Referred to Subcommittee on Oceanography.
Joint Hearings Held by Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and by Subcommittee on Oceanography.
Joint Hearings Held by Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and by Subcommittee on Oceanography.
Joint Hearings Held by Subcommittee on Oceanography and by Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Joint Hearings Held by Subcommittee on Oceanography and by Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
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