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HR 1405 112th Congress House Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Coal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Solid waste and recycling

To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating coal combustion byproducts as hazardous waste under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 6, 2011 Introduced by: Latta, Robert E. Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov
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Apr 6, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Apr 6, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 6, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to exempt  fly ash waste, bottom ash waste, slag waste, and flue gas emission control waste generated primarily from the combustion of coal from regulation as hazardous waste under such Act.

What's happening now April 6, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1391 Related bill RCCRA Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1405: To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating coal combustion byproducts as hazardous waste under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1405/
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"H.R. 1405: To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating coal combustion byproducts as hazardous waste under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1405/.
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H.R. 1405, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1405/.
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[H.R. 1405: To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating coal combustion byproducts as hazardous waste under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1405/)
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