Efficient Drug Disposal Act of 2018

Efficient Drug Disposal Act of 2018

This bill amends the Clean Air Act to exempt certain solid waste incinerators from performance standards, including emission requirements. Specifically, incinerators used by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to destroy contraband or household pharmaceuticals are exempt from these requirements.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6291 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6291

 To exempt from certain requirements of the Clean Air Act incinerator 
units owned and operated by a Federal, State, or local law enforcement 
   agency when used for the sole purpose of destroying contraband or 
           household pharmaceuticals, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2018

Mr. Rice of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Norman) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To exempt from certain requirements of the Clean Air Act incinerator 
units owned and operated by a Federal, State, or local law enforcement 
   agency when used for the sole purpose of destroying contraband or 
           household pharmaceuticals, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Efficient Drug Disposal Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. INCINERATION OF CONTRABAND AND HOUSEHOLD PHARMACEUTICALS BY LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

    Section 129(g)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7429(g)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``or (C)'' and inserting ``(C)''; and
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``or 
        (D) other categories of solid waste incinerator units referred 
        to in section (a)(1)(E) owned and operated by a Federal, State, 
        or local law enforcement agency when used for the sole purpose 
        of destroying contraband or household pharmaceuticals collected 
        by a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency.''.
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