[CPEO-MEF] Hunter Offers RCRA Amendment

[CPEO Moderator <cpeo@cpeo.org>]

[Congressman Hunter submitted the following amendment (indentical to the 
DOD proposed language)for consideration to the Rules Committee.  Rules 
Committee will determine whether or not to allow the amendment to be 
offerd on the House floor. --Aimee]
 
Amendment to HR 4546, as Reported.
Offered by Mr. Hunter of California

At the end of subtitle B of title III (page 56, after line 2), insert 
the following new section:

SEC. 314. DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE UNDER SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT.

Section 1004(27) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C 6903(27)) is 
amended-
(1) "(A)" after "(27)"; and (2) by adding at the end following new sub- 
paragraphs:
    "(B) The term 'solid waste' includes explosives, unexploded 
ordnance, munitions, munitions fragments, or constituents thereof that-
    "i) are or have been deposited, incident to their normal and     
expected use, on an operational range, and    "(ii) are removed from the 
operational range for reclamation, treatment, disposal, treatment prior 
to disposal, or storage prior to or in lieu of reclamation, treatment, 
disposal, or treatment prior to disposal;
   "(iii) are recovered, collected, and then disposed of by burial or 
landfilling; or
    "(iv) migrate off an operational range and are not addressed under 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act of 1980 (42 USC 9601 et seq.) ; or
    "(v) are deposited, incident to their normal and expected use off an 
operational range, and are not promptly rendered safe or retrieved.

"(C) Except as set out in subparagraph (B), the term 'solid waste' does 
not include explosives, unexploded ordnance, munitions, munitions 
fragments, or constituents thereof that-
    '(i) are used in military training personnel or explosives and 
munitions emergency response specialists (including training in proper 
destruction of unused propellant or other munitions);
   '(ii) are used in research, development, testing, and evaluation of 
military munitions, weapons, or weapon systems;
   "(iii) are or have been deposited, incident to their normal and 
expected use, on an operational range, except as provided in 
subparagraph (A);
   " (iv) are deposited, incident to their normal and expected use, off 
an operational range, and are promptly rendered safe or retrieved; or
   "(v) are recovered, collected, and destroyed on range during 
clearance activities at operational ranges, but not including the on 
range burial of unexploded ordnance and contaminants when the burial is 
not a result of product use.".

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