,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ahc #aacth  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #bbgi
 ,report ,no4 #aac-agi1 ,part ,i ,,in   
,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives    
,june #f1 #bjac,mr4 ,gardner introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce1 and in addition to the       
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,july #cj1 #bjac,reported from the      
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce with
 an amendment,strike out all after the  
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic  ,july #cj1           
#bjac,referral to the ,committee on     
,transportation and ,infrastructure     
extended for a period ending not later  
than ,november #a1 #bjac  ,november #a1 
#bjac,the ,committee on ,transportation 
and ,infrastructure discharged2         

committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed,for    
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,june #f1 #bjac   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,solid ,waste  
,disposal ,act relating to review of    
regulations under such ,act and to amend
 the ,comprehensive ,environmental      
,response1 ,compensation1 and ,liability
 ,act of #aihj relating to financial    
responsibility for classes of           
facilities4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,reducing          
,excessive ,deadline ,obligations ,act  
of #bjac4  #b4 ,review of regulations   
under the ,solid ,waste ,disposal ,act  
,section #bjjb7;b7 of the ,solid ,waste 
,disposal ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fiab7;b77
 is amended to read as follows3  7b7    
,review of regulations ,the             
,administrator shall review1 and revise1
 as the ,administrator determines       
appropriate1 regulations promulgated    
under this ,act4  4  #c4 ,financial     

responsibility for classes of facilities
 under ,,cercla ,section #ajh7;b7 of the
 ,comprehensive ,environmental          
,response1 ,compensation1 and ,liability
 ,act of #aihj 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ifjh7;b77
 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a7--  
7,a7 by striking ,not later than three  
years after the date of enactment of the
 ,act1 the ,president shall and         
inserting ,the ,president shall1 as     
appropriate12 and  7,b7 by striking     
first after for which requirements will 
be2 and  7#b7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7  
by striking ,financial responsibility   
may be established and inserting ,owners
 and operators may establish financial  
responsibility2  7,b7 by striking any   
one1 or any combination1 of the         
following3 and inserting forms of       
security1 including2 and  7,c7 by       
striking or qualification and inserting 
and qualification4  #d4 ,report to      
,congress regarding financial           
responsibility requirements ,section    
#ajh7;b7 of the ,comprehensive          

,environmental ,response1 ,compensation1
 and ,liability ,act of #aihj 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #ifjh7;b77 is further amended 
by adding at the end the following3     
7#f7 ,the ,president may not promulgate 
any financial responsibility requirement
 under this subsection without first    
submitting to ,congress a report-- 7,a7 
describing each facility or class of    
facilities to be covered by such        
requirement2  7,b7 describing the       
development of such requirement1 why the
 facility or class of facilities        
proposed to be covered by such          
requirement present the highest level of
 risk of injury1 and why the facility or
 class of facilities is not already     
covered by adequate financial           
responsibility requirements2  7,c7      
describing the financial responsibility 
requirements promulgated by ,states or  
other ,federal agencies for the facility
 or class of facilities to be covered by
 the financial responsibility           
requirement proposed under this         

subsection and explaining why the       
requirement proposed under this         
subsection is necessary2  7,d7          
describing the exposure to the ,fund for
 response costs resulting from the      
facility or class of facilities proposed
 to be covered2 and  7,e7 describing the
 capacity of the financial and credit   
markets to provide instruments of       
financial responsibility necessary to   
meet such requirement4  ,the ,president 
shall update any report submitted under 
this paragraph to reflect any revision  
of the facilities or classes of         
facilities to be covered by a financial 
responsibility requirement that is the  
subject of such report4  4  #e4         
,preemption of financial responsibility 
requirements ,section #aad7;d7 of the   
,comprehensive ,environmental ,response1
 ,compensation1 and ,liability ,act of  
#aihj 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ifad7;d77 is      
amended to read as follows3  7d7 ,no    
owner or operator of a vessel or        
facility who establishes and maintains  

evidence of financial responsibility    
associated with the production1         
transportation1 treatment1 storage1 or  
disposal of hazardous substances        
pursuant to financial responsibility    
requirements under any ,state law or    
regulation1 or any other ,federal law or
 regulation1 shall be required to       
establish or maintain evidence of       
financial responsibility under this     
title1 unless the ,president determines1
 after notice and opportunity for public
 comment1 that in the event of a release
 of a hazardous substance that is not a 
federally permitted release or          
authorized by a ,state permit1 such     
other ,federal or ,state financial      
responsibility requirements are         
insufficient to cover likely response   
costs under section #ajd4 ,if the       
,president determines that such other   
,federal or ,state financial            
responsibility requirements are         
insufficient to cover likely response   
costs under section #ajd in the event of

 such a release1 the ,president shall   
accept evidence of compliance with such 
other ,federal or ,state financial      
responsibility requirements in lieu of  
compliance with any portion of the      
financial responsibility requirements   
promulgated under this title to which   
they correspond4  4  #f4 ,explosive     
risks planning notification ,not later  
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the owner or    
operator of each facility at which      
substances listed in appendix ,a to part
 #bg of title #f1 ,code of ,federal     
,regulations1 as flammables or          
explosives are present above the        
screening threshold listed therein shall
 notify the ,state emergency response   
commission for the ,state in which such 
facility is located that such substances
 are present at such facility and of the
 amount of such substances that are     
present at such facility4  ,november #a1
 #bjac,the ,committee on ,transportation
 and ,infrastructure discharged2        

committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed