Background and Issues Relating to the Reauthorization of Superfund: Scheduled for Hearings Before the Committee on Finance on September 19 and 25, 1984 |
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Page 14 - Resource Conservation And Recovery Act The Resource Conservation And Recovery Act (RCRA...
Page 12 - Control Act, and those designated under CERCLA. Hazardous substances do not include petroleum (unless specifically designated as hazardous under these laws), or natural or synthetic gases. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is authorized to designate additional substances as hazardous if they present substantial danger to the public health or welfare or to the environment. CERCLA required the Federal government to develop a national list of sites (the National Priorities List) which are serious...
Page 8 - ... (3) SULFURIC ACID PRODUCED AS A BYPRODUCT OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL. — In the case of sulfuric acid produced solely as a byproduct of and on the same site as air pollution control equipment, no tax shall be imposed under section 4661. "(4) SUBSTANCES DERIVED FROM COAL. — For purposes of this subchapter, the term 'taxable chemical' shall not include any substance to the extent derived from coal.
Page 8 - Except as provided in subsection (b), the term 'taxable chemical' means any substance — "(A) which is listed in the table under section 4661(b), and "(B) which is manufactured or produced in the United States or entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing. "(2) UNITED STATES. — The term 'United States' has the meaning given such term by section 4612(aX4).
Page 7 - United States' means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico...
Page 10 - ... purposes of judicial review. A request for additional information shall state in specific terms the data required. (3) In addition to the assumption of liability of owners and operators under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Post-closure Liability Fund established by section...
Page 10 - ... to demonstrate that there is no substantial likelihood that any migration offsite or release from confinement of any hazardous substance or other risk to public health or welfare will occur.
Page 10 - SEC. 4682. DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES. "(a) DEFINITIONS. — For purposes of this subchapter — "(1) HAZARDOUS WASTE.— The term 'hazardous waste' means any waste — "(A) having the characteristics identified under section 3001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act (other than waste the regulation of which under such Act has been suspended by Act of Congress on that date), or "(B) subject to the reporting or recordkeeping requirements of sections...
Page 10 - SEC. 4681. IMPOSITION OF TAX. "(a) GENERAL RULE. — There is hereby imposed a tax on the receipt of hazardous waste at a qualified hazardous waste disposal facility. "(b) AMOUNT OF TAX.— The amount of the tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be equal to $2.13 per dry weight ton of hazardous waste. "SEC. 4682. DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES. "(a) DEFINITIONS. — For purposes of this subchapter — "(1) HAZARDOUS WASTE.— The term 'hazardous waste...
Page 17 - ... liquidate, when due, the obligations which would accrue from that apportionment It has also been determined that sufficient revenues are expected to be in the highway trust fund to finance the appropriation estimate for fiscal year 1959. These determinations are confirmed by the Secretary of the Treasury's report on the financial condition and results of the operations of the highway trust fund for the fiscal year 1957, which was submitted to Congress on March 3, 1958, and published as House...