HR 4827
114th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coal
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Minority health
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Coal Ash Landfill Safety Act
Introduced: March 22, 2016
Introduced by:
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Democratic
· Georgia
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Committees of jurisdiction
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