Animal Waste and Hazardous Substances: Current Laws and Legislative Issues

Copeland, Claudia

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Refuse and refuse disposal;    Agricultural wastes;    Solid wastes;    Agriculture;   

RP-ID  :  RL33691
RP-ID  :  RL33691_2008Nov24

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report describes the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, the Superfund law) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), and enforcement actions under these laws that have increasingly been receiving attention. Congressional scrutiny in the form of legislative proposals and two House hearings are discussed. Bills intended to exempt animal manure from the requirements of Superfund and EPCRA were introduced in the 109th Congress. Similar bills were introduced in the 110th Congress (H.R. 1398 and S. 807), but no legislation has been enacted. Issues raised by the legislation are analyzed.