legislation: 104-hr-4272

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104-hr-4272 104 hr 4272 Hazardous Waste Facilities Financial Responsibility Act of 1996 Environmental Protection 1996-09-27 1996-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] SC D S000749 0 Hazardous Waste Facilities Financial Responsibility Act of 1996 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise financial responsibility and post-closure care standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities to provide for: (1) a post-closure care period of at least 30 years where wastes or residuals remain on site; (2) financial responsibility from the issuance of an operating or post-closure permit through closure and the post-closure care period; (3) liability assurances through such period; and (4) post-closure care cost estimate revisions. Precludes satisfaction of these standards, for any facility closed after enactment of this Act, by means of certain financial tests or a corporate guarantee for closure issued by a parent corporation. 2025-08-21T20:14:13Z  

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