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What is it?
After three years of ISRI’s efforts, a very significant and important development occurred with the inclusion of Sec. 441 in the U.S. House Appropriations Committee’s Fiscal Year 2015 Interior and Environment appropriations. The bill has been reported out favorably (29-19) by the Appropriations Committee.
§441 of the Interior, Environment & Related Agencies Appropriations bill contains the following language on pages 133-134 --
“SEC. 441. None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to promulgate any rule that identifies, lists, or treats any material described in section 261.4(a)(13), 261.4(a)(14), or 261.6(a)(3)(ii) of title 40, 24 Code of Federal Regulations as hazardous waste under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 2 6921 et seq.).”(http://appropriations.house.gov/uploadedfiles/bills-113hr-fc-ap-fy2015-ap00-interior.pdf)
What is the fate of this language?
Although the Interior, Environment & Related Agencies Appropriations bill was marked up in Committee on July 15, it will likely not reach the House floor due to politics. Thus, we are participating in a long effort, making sure our language survives until the bill is taken up, perhaps no earlier than January of 2015.
What should we be doing?
Strategy is as follows:
Background on the Appropriations Process --
So what will happen?
In any event, the first likelihood that we MAY have an opportunity to get the Sec. 441 provision enacted into law will be January 2015.
For more information about this issue, contact Mark Reiter.