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Union Calendar No. 13
118THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 1070
[Report No. 118–21]
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
M
ARCH23, 2023
Additional sponsors: Mr. D
UNCAN, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. CURTIS, and Mr.
A
LLEN
M
ARCH23, 2023
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 17, 2023]
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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.
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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
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 7
end; 8
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after 9
‘‘this section,’’; 10
(C) by adding at the end the following: 11
‘‘(iii) is a critical energy resource facility,’’; 12
and 13
(2) by adding at the end the following: 14
‘‘(4) D
EFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this sub-15
section: 16
‘‘(A) C
RITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE .—The term 17
‘critical energy resource’ means, as determined by the 18
Secretary of Energy, any energy resource— 19
‘‘(i) that is essential to the energy sector 20
and energy systems of the United States; and 21
‘‘(ii) the supply chain of which is vulner-22
able to disruption. 23
‘‘(B) C
RITICAL ENERGY RESOURCE FACILITY .— 24
The term ‘critical energy resource facility’ means a 25
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facility that processes or refines a critical energy re-1
source.’’. 2
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118
TH
CONGRESS
1
ST
S
ESSION
H. R. 1070
[Report No. 118–21]
A BILL
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide
the owner or operator of a critical energy re-
source facility an interim permit under subtitle C
that is subject to final approval by the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
and for other purposes.
M
ARCH
23, 2023
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
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