S.2792: A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain authorities relating to the importation of municipal solid waste under the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste between the United States and Canada.

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Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit any person from importing, transporting, or exporting municipal solid waste (MSW), for final disposal or incineration, in violation of the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste between the United States and Canada, signed at Ottawa on October 28, 1986.Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to perform the functions of the Designated Authority...

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Date Description
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
July 25, 2002

Introduced in the Senate by Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

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