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HR 4827 114th Congress House

Coal Ash Landfill Safety Act

Official title: To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to review regulations for municipal solid waste landfills to determine if such regulations … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to review regulations for municipal solid waste landfills to determine if such regulations are, with the respect to the disposal of coal combustion residuals in such landfills, protective of health and the environment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 22, 2016 Introduced by: Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCoalEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 25, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Mar 22, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 22, 2016
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1498)
Mar 22, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 25, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coal Ash Landfill Safety Act

This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review regulations related to the disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) in municipal solid waste landfills to determine if such regulations provide public health and environmental protection that is at least equivalent to the protection provided by the coal combustion residuals rule for certain other landfills and surface impoundments. The review must be completed within six months.

To the extent the EPA determines that the regulations fails to provide at least equivalent protection, it must revise the regulations to provide equivalent or greater protection.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 22, 2016
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Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Mar 22, 2016
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Mar 22, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4827: Coal Ash Landfill Safety Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4827/
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