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HR 1295 99th Congress House Environmental Protection Congress and Members of Congress Congressional oversight Conservation of natural resources Hazardous waste disposal Health Incineration Liability for toxic substances pollution damages Licenses Marine resources conservation Ocean Public health Technological innovations Transportation and Travel Transportation of hazardous substances Waste disposal in the ocean Water and Water Resources Development Water pollution control

A bill entitled: "The Ocean Incineration Research Act of 1985".

Introduced: February 27, 1985 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 22, 1986
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOT.
Apr 28, 1986
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From EPA.
Nov 11, 1985
Field Hearings Held in San Francisco, California.
Aug 27, 1985
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Commerce.
Aug 1, 1985
Executive Comment Received From HHS.
Mar 6, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Oceanography.
Mar 6, 1985
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Interior, State, HHS, EPA, DOT.
Mar 5, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agricultural Research, and Environment.
Feb 27, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Feb 27, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Feb 27, 1985
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing a permit authorizing the incineration of hazardous waste at sea before the Congress receives a hazardous waste reduction and management feasibility report and plan and recommendations from the Administrator to assure that responsible parties are held liable and pay cleanup costs and damages, and the Administrator issues final permit regulations based upon such report and plan and public comments.

Directs the Administrator to contract with the Office of Technology Assessment to prepare within three years of this Act's enactment a hazardous waste reduction and managment feasibility report which includes: (1) descriptive surveys of location and types of hazardous wastes and hazardous waste streams; (2) alternative storage and land-based technologies; (3) an assessment of wastes released into the environment and the impact of at sea incineration on human health and the marine environment; (4) epidemiological studies; and (5) an analysis of the transportation impacts for the land or barge transport of the hazardous wastes to the loading site for ocean incineration.

Directs the Administrator to submit to the Congress within three years of the report a hazardous waste reduction and management plan which includes: (1) a comprehensive waste management plan; (2) coordination with Federal agencies for major spills of hazardous waste in port, in transit, and during incineration at sea; and (3) legislation which encourages the development of environmentally sound hazardous waste reduction and treatment technologies. Requires the Administrator to involve the public in formulating this plan through hearings and comment. Directs the Administrator to submit to the Congress transcripts of public hearings together with EPA's written response.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now July 22, 1986

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOT.

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