A bill to prohibit the land disposal of all hazardous waste and to make funds available from the superfund to equalize the cost of landfill disposal and treatment of hazardous waste.
Land Disposal Amendments of 1985 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to repeal the provisions of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 relating to the land disposal of liquid hazardous wastes. Prohibits the land disposal of such wastes after the date of enactment of this Act.
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants out of Superfund to the owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment facilities to reimburse them for the difference in costs between treatment facility waste disposal and landfill waste disposal.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.
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