Senate Panel Approves Bill to Set Up Electronic Tracking System for Waste

摘要

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has voted to approve a bill that would authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to collect fees to establish an electronic system for tracking the movement of hazardous waste. The April 14 approval sends the bill to the full Senate for consideration. The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act (S. 710) would amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the EPA administrator to establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system funded with user-generated fees. The bill was introduced by Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) on March 31, and it is co-sponsored by Sens. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and James Inhofe (R-Okla.). The Senate approved similar legislation (S. 3109) in 2008, but the bill was not taken up by the House (39 ER 2027, 10/10/08).