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HR 1924 103th Congress House Environmental Protection Administrative procedure Depressed areas Discrimination Environmental Protection Agency Environmental health Hazardous waste disposal Hazardous wastes Poor Racial discrimination Refuse and refuse disposal Right of petition Waste disposal sites

Environmental Equal Rights Act of 1993

Introduced: April 29, 1993 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 18, 1993
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Nov 17, 1993
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 21, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
Apr 29, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 29, 1993
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Environmental Equal Rights Act of 1993 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize citizens in a State in which a new solid or hazardous waste management facility is proposed to be constructed in an environmentally disadvantaged community to petition the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or the State to prevent the facility from being constructed or from operating in such community.

Denies such a petition only if the proponent of the proposed facility establishes that: (1) there is no alternative location that poses fewer health and environmental risks; and (2) the facility will not release contaminants or engage in any activity that is likely to increase the cumulative impact of contaminants on the environmentally disadvantaged community.

Defines an "environmentally disadvantaged community" as an area within two miles of the borders of a site on which a waste management facility is proposed to be constructed and that meets specified criteria concerning minority populations, poverty, and existing hazardous or solid waste facilities or hazardous waste sites.

What's happening now November 18, 1993

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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