US Congress Senate Bill 710 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: Passed on October 5 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-10-05 - Became Public Law No: 112-195.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system within three years that may be used by a hazardous waste generator or transporter, an owner or operator of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, recycling, or disposal facility, or any other person that: (1) is required to use a manifest to comply with any federal or state requirement to track the shipment, transportation, and receipt of hazardous waste or other material shipped from the generation site to an off-site facility for treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling; and (2) elects to use the system to complete and transmit an electronic manifest format; or (3) submits to the system for data processing purposes a paper copy of the manifest (or data from such a paper copy). Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) impose service fees on users to pay for developing, operating, maintaining, and upgrading the system, including any costs incurred in collecting and processing data from any paper manifest submitted to the system after the date on which the system enters operation; and (2) deposit the fees into the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund (a revolving fund established by this Act). Requires the Administrator to adjust such fees to a level that will result in the collection of an amount that is sufficient and no more than reasonably necessary to cover system-related costs and minimize the accumulation of unused amounts in the Fund. Authorizes the Administrator, after consulting with the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), to enter into information technology contracts with appropriate entities for the provision of system-related services. Limits such contracts to a term of no more than 10 years. Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board, and (2) carry out this Act in each state unless the state program is fully authorized to do so. Requires a designated facility that receives waste, in cases in which the state in which waste is generated or transported to such facility requires that the waste be tracked through a hazardous waste manifest, to: (1) complete the facility portion of the applicable manifest, (2) sign and date the facility certification, and (3) submit to the system a final copy of the manifest. Establishes reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2015 for start-up activities to carry out this Act that will be offset by the collection of such user fees.

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act

Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-10-05	House	Became Public Law No: 112-195.
2012-10-05	House	Signed by President.
2012-09-25	House	Presented to President.
2012-09-24	House	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2012-09-22	House	Senate agreed to the House amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6672-6673; text as Senate agreed to House amendment: CR 9/21/2012 S6673)
2012-09-12	House	Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
2012-09-11	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2012-09-11	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5826-5827)
2012-09-11	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 710.
2012-09-11	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5826-5828)
2012-09-11	House	Mr. Murphy (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2012-09-10	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 472.
2012-09-10	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 112-654.
2012-07-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2012-07-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2011-08-05	House	Held at the desk.
2011-08-05	House	Received in the House.
2011-08-03	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2011-08-02	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5281-5283; text as passed Senate: CR S5281-5283)
2011-06-07	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 72.
2011-06-07	Senate	Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 112-20.
2011-04-14	Senate	Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2011-03-31	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/710/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s710/BILLS-112s710is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s710/BILLS-112s710es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s710/BILLS-112s710rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s710/BILLS-112s710rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s710/BILLS-112s710eah.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s710/BILLS-112s710enr.pdf