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Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act

Introduced: March 31, 2011 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 27 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 5, 2012
Became Public Law No: 112-195.
Oct 5, 2012
Signed by President.
Sep 25, 2012
Presented to President.
Sep 24, 2012
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 22, 2012
Senate agreed to the House amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6672-6673; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR 9/21/2012 S6673)
Sep 22, 2012
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6672-6673; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR 9/21/2012 S6673)
Sep 12, 2012
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Sep 11, 2012
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 11, 2012
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5826-5827)
Sep 11, 2012
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5826-5827)
Sep 11, 2012
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 710.
Sep 11, 2012
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5826-5828)
Sep 11, 2012
Mr. Murphy (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 10, 2012
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 472.
Sep 10, 2012
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-654.
Jul 27, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Jul 24, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Aug 5, 2011
Held at the desk.
Aug 5, 2011
Received in the House.
Aug 3, 2011
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Aug 2, 2011
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5281-5283; text as passed Senate: CR S5281-5283)
Aug 2, 2011
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5281-5283; text as passed Senate: CR S5281-5283)
Jun 7, 2011
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 72.
Jun 7, 2011
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 112-20.
Apr 14, 2011
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 31, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 31, 2011
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 11, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system within three years that may be used by a hazardous waste generator or transporter, an owner or operator of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, recycling, or disposal facility, or any other person that: (1) is required to use a manifest to comply with any federal or state requirement to track the shipment, transportation, and receipt of hazardous waste or other material shipped from the generation site to an off-site facility for treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling; and (2) elects to use the system to complete and transmit an electronic manifest format; or (3) submits to the system for data processing purposes a paper copy of the manifest (or data from such a paper copy).

Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) impose service fees on users to pay for developing, operating, maintaining, and upgrading the system, including any costs incurred in collecting and processing data from any paper manifest submitted to the system after the date on which the system enters operation; and (2) deposit the fees into the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund (a revolving fund established by this Act). Requires the Administrator to adjust such fees to a level that will result in the collection of an amount that is sufficient and no more than reasonably necessary to cover system-related costs and minimize the accumulation of unused amounts in the Fund.

Authorizes the Administrator, after consulting with the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), to enter into information technology contracts with appropriate entities for the provision of system-related services. Limits such contracts to a term of no more than 10 years.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board, and (2) carry out this Act in each state unless the state program is fully authorized to do so.

Requires a designated facility that receives waste, in cases in which the state in which waste is generated or transported to such facility requires that the waste be tracked through a hazardous waste manifest, to: (1) complete the facility portion of the applicable manifest, (2) sign and date the facility certification, and (3) submit to the system a final copy of the manifest.

Establishes reporting requirements.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2015 for start-up activities to carry out this Act that will be offset by the collection of such user fees.

What's happening now October 5, 2012

Became Public Law No: 112-195.

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