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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1070
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide the owner or operator
of a critical energy resource facility an interim permit under subtitle
C that is subject to final approval by the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY17, 2023
Mr. C
ARTERof Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide the owner
or operator of a critical energy resource facility an in-
terim permit under subtitle C that is subject to final
approval by the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. INTERIM HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMITS. 3
Section 3005(e) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 4
U.S.C. 6925(e)) is amended— 5
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 6
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(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 1
end; 2
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after 3
‘‘this section,’’; 4
(C) by adding at the end the following: 5
‘‘(iii) is a critical energy resource facility,’’; 6
and 7
(2) by adding at the end the following: 8
‘‘(4) D
EFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this sub-9
section: 10
‘‘(A) C
RITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE .—The term 11
‘critical energy resource’ means any energy resource 12
that, as determined by the Secretary of Energy— 13
‘‘(i) is essential to the energy sector and 14
energy systems of the United States; and 15
‘‘(ii) the supply chain of which is vulner-16
able to disruption. 17
‘‘(B) C
RITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE FACILITY .— 18
The term ‘critical energy resource facility’ means a 19
facility that processes or refines a critical energy re-20
source.’’. 21
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