Vote No. 139

Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to amend the rule to H.R. 2273 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #14, offered by Rep. Castor (FL), which would ensure that coal combustion residuals that are beneficially reused may not be regulated as hazard material; amendment #2, offered by Rep. Cohen (TN), which would require the Administrator to revise the disposal criteria upon which the bill relies, to ensure that human health and the environment are protected from the risks posed by coal combustion residuals; amendment #16, offered by Rep. Ellison (MN), which would require that if section 4011 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as added by this bill, authorizes the appropriation of funds but does not comply with Cut-Go, then this section of the bill will no longer be effective; amendment #5, offered by Rep. Jackson Lee (TX), which would allow the Administrator to retain the authority to revise criteria for the disposal of coal combustion residuals; amendment #13, offered by Rep. Keating (MA),which would require structures to address groundwater monitoring and dust control according to the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed criteria; amendment #3, offered by Rep. Kissell (NC), which would require that materials used for addition to existing structures or construction of new structures (for coal combustion residuals) come from U.S. materials, except as specified in the amendment; and amendment #12, offered by Rep. Sewell (AL), which would require that the lead state agency responsible for implementing the coal combustion residuals permit program receive from each permittee: 1)a description of how structure will protect against coal combustion residuals 2) a plan addressing spills of coal combustion residuals. Defeated: 2–5.