Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Trash Reduction and Sensible Handling Act of 2017” or the “TRASH Act”.
Trash Reduction and Sensible Handling Act of 2017
A BILL
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize States to restrict interstate waste imports and impose a higher fee on out-of-State waste.
Sec. 2 Discretionary State plan provisions
in the subsection heading, by striking “relating to recycled oil”;
by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively, and indenting appropriately;
in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking “Any State” and inserting the following:
“(1) Recycled oil
“(A) In general—Any State”
in the undesignated matter following clause (iv) (as so redesignated), by striking “Any plan” and inserting the following:
“(B) Amendments to plans—Any plan”
by adding at the end the following:
“(2) Interstate waste imports
“(A) In general—Any State plan submitted under this subtitle may include, at the option of the State, provisions to carry out each of the following:
“(i) Restrictions at the State and local level of interstate waste imports by requiring that waste imported from another State be only from States with equivalent or higher standards of waste handling and reduction.
“(ii) Subject to subparagraph (B), imposition of higher fees on interstate waste imports, regardless of the compliance of the exporting State with the waste handling and reduction standards of the importing State.
“(B) Fees described
“(i) In general—A fee imposed under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be known as a “community benefit fee”.
“(ii) Disbursal of fees—A State may provide community benefit fees to affected communities.
“(iii) Differentiation of fees—The State may differentiate community benefit fees based on whether the imported waste was disposed of at a landfill, an incinerator, a resource recovery facility, a waste-to-energy facility, or other waste handling facility.”
Technical amendments— Section 4008 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U .S.C. 6948) is amended—
in subsection (a)—
by striking “section 4003(b)” each place it appears and inserting “section 4003(c)”; and
in paragraph (3)(C), by striking “section 4003(b)(1)(A)” and inserting “section 4003(c)(1)(A)”;
in subsection (f)(1), by striking “section 4003(b)” and inserting “section 4003(b)(1)”; and
in subsection (g), by striking “section 4003(b)(1)” and inserting “section 4003(c)(1)”.