,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gdf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #bh1         
#bjag,mr4 ,casey introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,solid ,waste     
,disposal ,act to authorize ,states to  
restrict interstate waste imports and   
impose a higher fee on out-of-,state    
waste4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,trash ,reduction and   
,sensible ,handling ,act of #bjag or the
 ,,trash ,act4  #b4 ,discretionary      
,state plan provisions  7a7 ,in general 
,section #djjc7;b7 of the ,solid ,waste 
,disposal ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fidc7;b77
 is amended-- 7#a7 in the subsection    
heading1 by striking relating to        
recycled oil2  7#b7 by redesignating    
paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#d7 as clauses 
7i7 through 7iv71 respectively1 and     
indenting appropriately2  7#c7 in the   
matter preceding clause 7i7 7as so      

redesignated71 by striking ,any ,state  
and inserting the following3  7#a7      
,recycled oil  7,a7 ,in general ,any    
,state  2  7#d7 in the undesignated     
matter following clause 7iv7 7as so     
redesignated71 by striking ,any plan and
 inserting the following3  7,b7         
,amendments to plans ,any plan  2 and   
7#e7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#b7 ,interstate waste imports  7,a7  
,in general ,any ,state plan submitted  
under this subtitle may include1 at the 
option of the ,state1 provisions to     
carry out each of the following3  7i7   
,restrictions at the ,state and local   
level of interstate waste imports by    
requiring that waste imported from      
another ,state be only from ,states with
 equivalent or higher standards of waste
 handling and reduction4  7ii7 ,subject 
to subparagraph 7,b71 imposition of     
higher fees on interstate waste imports1
 regardless of the compliance of the    
exporting ,state with the waste handling
 and reduction standards of the         

importing ,state4  7,b7 ,fees described 
7i7 ,in general ,a fee imposed under    
subparagraph 7,a77ii7 shall be known as 
a community benefit fee4  7ii7          
,disbursal of fees ,a ,state may provide
 community benefit fees to affected     
communities4  7iii7 ,differentiation of 
fees ,the ,state may differentiate      
community benefit fees based on whether 
the imported waste was disposed of at a 
landfill1 an incinerator1 a resource    
recovery facility1 a waste-to-energy    
facility1 or other waste handling       
facility4  4  7b7 ,technical amendments 
,section #djjh of the ,solid ,waste     
,disposal ,act 7#db ,u 4,s4,c4 #fidh7 is
 amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7--     
7,a7 by striking section #djjc7;b7 each 
place it appears and inserting section  
#djjc7;c72 and  7,b7 in paragraph       
7#c77;,c71 by striking section          
#djjc7;b77#a77;,a7 and inserting section
 #djjc7;c77#a77;,a72  7#b7 in subsection
 7f77#a71 by striking section #djjc7;b7 
and inserting section #djjc7;b77#a72 and

  7#c7 in subsection 7g71 by striking   
section #djjc7;b77#a7 and inserting     
section #djjc7;c77#a74