A bill to provide that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 will apply to certain petroleum and to establish a separate account in the Superfund for leaking underground storage tanks.
Superfund Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) (Superfund) to include petroleum when designated as a hazardous substance under the coverage of such Act, including any petroleum which is released from an underground storage tank.
Establishes within Superfund the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Account for expenditures required for response actions for releases or threatened releases of petroleum which is designated a hazardous substance. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer eight and one-half percent of Superfund monies into such Account.
Became Public Law No: 99-499.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.
Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.
See H.R.2005.
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