,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbcf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #f1       
#bjai,mr4 ,quigley 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,cohen1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 
,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,ms4 
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4     
,gallego1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 and ,ms4      
,kuster of ,new ,hampshire7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources
  ,a ,,bill  ,to encourage recycling and
 reduction of disposable plastic bottles
 in units of the ,national ,park        
,system1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,reducing ,waste in ,national ,parks
 ,act4  #b4 ,disposable plastic bottle  
recycling and reduction in units of the 
,national ,park ,system  7a7 ,program   
for recycling and reduction of          
disposable plastic bottles in units of  
the ,,nps ,each regional director       
concerned shall establish in such unit  
of the ,national ,park ,system a program

 for recycling and reduction of         
disposable plastic bottles1 including1  
if applicable1 elimination of the sale  
of water in disposable plastic bottles  
under subsection 7b74  7b7 ,elimination 
of sale of water in disposable plastic  
bottles  7#a7 ,in general ,each regional
 director concerned may eliminate the   
sale of water in disposable plastic     
bottles in such unit of the ,national   
,park ,system after consideration of the
 following factors with respect to such 
unit3  7,a7 ,the costs and benefits to  
the overall operations4  7,b7 ,the      
amount of waste that would be           
eliminated4  7,c7 ,the infrastructure   
costs and funding sources for bottle    
refill stations4  7,d7 ,any contractual 
implications with respect to            
concessioners1 including considerations 
of new leaseholder surrender interest or
 possessory interest4  7,e7 ,the        
operational costs of bottle refill      
stations1 including utilities and       
regular public health testing4  7,f7    

,the cost and availability of ,,bpa-free
 reusable containers4  7,g7 ,the effect 
on concessioner and cooperation         
association sales revenue4  7,h7 ,the   
availability of water within concession 
food service operations4  7,i7 ,the     
ability to provide visitor education in 
the unit and online so that visitors may
 come prepared with their own water     
bottles4  7,j7 ,any input from the      
,national ,park ,service ,office of     
,public ,health4  7,k7 ,the feasibility 
of posting signs so that visitors can   
easily find bottle refill stations4     
7,l7 ,safety considerations for visitors
 who may resort to not carrying enough  
water or drinking from surface water    
sources with potential exposure to      
disease4  7,m7 ,any input from          
concessioners and cooperating           
associations within the unit4  7#b7     
,units of ,,nps previously eliminated   
sale of water in disposable plastic     
bottles ,with respect to a unit of the  
,national ,park ,system that does not   

offer for sale water in disposable      
plastic bottles on the date prior to the
 date of the enactment of this ,act1 the
 superintendent of such unit may        
continue to not offer for sale water in 
disposable plastic bottles if such      
superintendent1 not later than #ahj days
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 submits to the regional director 
of such unit an evaluation that analyzes
 and addresses the factors listed in    
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,m7 of      
paragraph 7#a74  7c7 ,proactive visitor 
education strategy ,each regional       
director concerned shall develop for    
such unit of the ,national ,park ,system
 a proactive visitor education strategy 
that addresses visitor expectations of  
water availability and explains the     
rationale for the program for recycling 
and reduction of disposable plastic     
bottles established under subsection 7a7
 and implemented in such unit4  7d7     
,continuity within unit of the ,,nps    
,each regional director concerned shall1

 to the extent possible1 implement the  
program for recycling and reduction of  
disposable plastic bottles established  
under subsection 7a7 in a manner that is
 consistent throughout such unit of the 
,national ,park ,system1 including      
incorporation of such program into any  
agreement with an organization operating
 within the unit1 including a           
concessioner operating plan and         
cooperating association scope of sales4 
7e7 ,biennial evaluation ,each regional 
director concerned shall1 not less than 
once every #b years-- 7#a7 conduct an   
evaluation of the program for recycling 
and reduction of disposable plastic     
bottles established under subsection 7a7
 for such unit of the ,national ,park   
,system1 including--  7,a7 public       
response to the program2  7,b7 visitor  
satisfaction with the availability of   
water2  7,c7 buying behavior with       
respect to products sold in disposable  
plastic bottles2  7,d7 public safety    
including information on cases of       

dehydration or exposure to disease from 
drinking from surface water2 and  7,e7  
disposable plastic bottle collection    
rates2 and  7#b7 submit such evaluation 
to the ,director of the ,national ,park 
,service and the ,secretary of the      
,interior4  7f7 ,definition of regional 
director concerned ,for the purposes of 
this section1 the term regional director
 concerned means1 with respect to a unit
 of the ,national ,park ,system1 the    
regional director of the region of the  
,national ,park ,system in which such   
unit is located1 working in coordination
 with the superintendent of such unit4