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'^. > .•/•,. •• ".- •t-j.,« .-. .1 _^ lOLID WAStE DISPOSAL^ACT EXTENSION—1974 HEARINGS 4 - OCT1 8 BEFORE THE Copy 1974 fSUBCOMMinEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIYE8 NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 13176, H.R. 3317, H.R 3954, H.R. 4475, H.R. 12537, H.R. 12937, H,R. 12956, and H.R. 13298 BILIiS DESIGNED TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT MARCH 27 AND 28, 1974 Serial No. 93-78 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE X^«22 0 WASHINGTON .- 1974 COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HAHLBY O. 8TAOOHR8, West Virginia, Chairman TORBERT H. MACDONALD, MasBacbuBetts SAMUEL L. DEVINE. Ohio JOHN JARMAN, Oklahoma ANCHER NELSEN. Minnesota JOHN E. MOSS, CaUfornU JAMES T. BROYHILL. North CaroUu JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan TIM LEE CARTER, Kentucky PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California DAN KUYKHiNDALL, Tennessee J. J. PICKLE, Texas JOE SKUBITZ, Kansas FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania JAMES F. HASTINGS, New York JOHN M. MURPHY, New York JAMES M. COLLINS. Texas DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III, Virginia LOUIS FREY, JR., Florida BROCK ADAMS. Washington JOHN WARE, Pennsylvania W. S. (BILL) STUCKEY, JB., Georgia' JOHN Y. McCOLLISTBR, Nebraska PETER N. KYROS, Maine DICK SHOUP, Montana BOB ECKHARDT, Texas BARRY M. GOLDWATKR, JR., California RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina NORMAN F. LENT. New York BERTRAM L. PODELL, New York H. JOHN HEINZ III. Pennsylvania HENRY HELSTOSKI, New Jersey WILLIAM H. HUDNUT III, Indiana JAMES W. SYMINGTON, Missouri SAMUEL H. YOUNG, Illinois CHARLES J. CARNEY, Ohio RALPH H. METCALFE. Illinois GOODLOE E. BYRON. Maryland WILLIAM R. ROY, Kansas JOHN BRECKINRIDGE, Kentucky THOMAS A. LUKEN, Ohio W. B. WILLIAMSON, Clerk KCNNETR J. PAINTIR, A-ttittant Clerk Pro/e««lonaI Staff WILLIAM J. DIXON CBABLEB B. CCBTIS ROBIIRT F. GUTBBIE LEE 8. HTDE JOHN L. GAMBLE ELIZABBTB HABBISON JEFFBET H. SCBWABTZ SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIBONMBNT PAUL G. ROGERS, Florida, Chairman DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III, Virginia ANCHER NELSBN. Minnesota PETER N. KYROS, Maine TIM LEE CARTER, Kentucky RICHARDSON PREYER. North Carolina JAMES F. HASTINGS, New York JAMES W. SYMINGTON, MlsBOuri H. JOHN HEINZ III, Pennsylvania WILLIAM R. ROY, Kansas WILLIAM H. HUDNUT III, Indiana (n) ^ ;l,1 ^ CONTENTS Hearings held on— Ps«« March 27, 1974 1 March 28, 1974 213 Text of— H.R. 3317.. 43 H.R. 3954. 46 H.R. 4475 48 H.R. 12537 55 H.R. 12937. 55 H.R. 12956 130 H.R. 13176.. 3 H.R. 13298 55 Report of— Atomic Energy Commission on H.R. 12537 131 Atomic Energy Commission on H.R. 13176 135 General Accounting Office, Comptroller General of the United States on H.R. 12537 138 Justice Department on H.R. 12537 139 Statement of— Anderson, Allen, Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association 196 Brashers, William, counsel, Nationtd Solid Wastes Management Association 249 Buhler, Fran, director. Solid Waste Management Task Force, Na- tional League of Cities and the United States Conference of Mayors. 169 Clark, John W., director, Government Relations, Wheelabrator- Frye, Inc 241 Clusen, Ruth C, national chairman, Environmental Quality, League of Women Voters of the United States.. 254 Cranor, Donald A., geologist, Quadratec, Inc 287 Darna}', Arsen, Jr., Deputy Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste Management Programs, lEnvironmental Protection Agency •141 Dell, William C, executive vice president. Combustion Power Co., Inc 277 Dobyns, Norman L., vice president, American Can Co 192 Edwards, Hon. Don, a Representative in Congress from the State of CaUfomia. 218 Famam, William F., public works director, Inglewood, Calif., and chairman, Advisory Group on Productivity in solid Waste Manage- ment, the National Commission on Productivity — 226 Greco, James, technical director. National Solid Wastes Management Association 249 Kreml, Franklin M., president. Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Asso- ciation 196 Kuper, George, director. Public Sector Programs, National Commis- sion on Productivity . 226 Lesher, Dr. Richard L., president. National Center for Resource Recoverj' 219 Masson, James E., counsel, Quadratec, Inc 287 Orr, Hon. John B., Jr., mayor, Miami-Dade County, Fla., on behalf of the National League of Cities and the United States Conference of Mayors 169 Simmons, Richard, city manager, West Palm Beach, Fla., on behalf of the National League of Cities and the United States Conference of Mayors ---- 169, 180 (m) ^ C\ IV Statement of—Continued Stephens, W. Clayton, Jr., president, Energy System Division, P«Be Wheelabrator-Frye, Inc 241 Sussman, Victor H., director, Stationary Source Environmental Con- trol Office, Ford Motor Co 279 Taylor, Patricia, in behalf of Environmental Action, Friends of the Earth, and the Sierra Club 262 Tieman, Hon. Robert O., a Representative in Congress from the State of Rhode Island 213 Train, Hon. Russell E., Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency 141 Wingerter, Eugene J., executive director. National Solid Wastes Management Association 249 Additional material submitted for the record by— Dow Chemical Co., statement 290 du Pont, E. I., de Nemours & Co., statement 295 Environmental Action, et cetera, letter dated March 26, 1974, to Secretary of Defense, James R. Schlesinger, and others, re need for changes in DOD's procurement policies 271 Environmental Protection Agency: Air Pollution Testing at the St. Louis Energy Recovery Demon- stration, a status report dated March 29, 1974 149 CPU-400 project—Funding history (Combustion Power Co.) 164 Composting and energy recovery Delaware reclamation project.. 165 Franklin, Ohio demonstration—summary report 159 Further interest in the Franklin. Ohio, demonstration 162 Greater Lowell (Mass.) resource recovery project 162 Mission 5000—summary table, July 197()-October 1973. 158 Progress in State solid waste management plans—-April 1974.. 153 Solid waste funding support to States 154 Solid waste funding to State agencies by fiscal year—1966-73_. 154 Ford Motor Co., statement in opposition of product standards for motor vehicles 285 Glass Container Manufacturers Institute, Inc., statement 298 League of Women Voters of the United States, position paper on solid waste management 261 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Grant J. Merrit, executive director, statement 30O Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association: Policy statement on junk vehicle disposal 207 Possible use of motor vehicle new car dealers as disposal agents for iunk vehicles 211 National Association of Recycling Industries, Inc. (NARI), Edward L. Merrigan, counsel, statement 301 National Center for Resource Recovery, funding 225 National Commission on Productivity: Questions submitted by Chairman Rogers and answers by the Commission 237 Report entitled, "Improving Productivity in Solid Waste Col- lection" 230 National League of Cities and the United States Conference of Mayors: Questions submitted by Chairman Rogers and answers of Na- tional League of Cities 190 Title I. Waste management and resource recovery system plan- ning process and program 176 Pacific Westbound Conference, letter dated April 23, 1974, from Harold E. Mesirow, counsel, to Chairman Rogers 322 Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., Ralph L. Harding, Jr., president, statement 315 Stone, Glass, and Clay Coordinating Committee, Howard Chester, executive secretary, statement 317 United States Conference of Mayors. (See National League of Cities.) Wheelabrator-Frye, Inc., questions .submitted by chairman Rogers and Wheelabrator-Frye's answers 248 ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED AT HEARINGS •• '\ American Can Co., Norman L. Dobyns, vice president. Combustion Power Co., Inc., William C. Dell, executive vice president. p Environmental Action, Patricia Taylor. Environmental Protection Agency: j Damey, Arsen, Jr., Deputy Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste Management Programs. IJ Train, Hon. Russell E., Administrator. Ford Motor Co., Victor H. Sussman, director. Stationary Source Environ- i; mental Control Office. Friends of the Earth, Patricia Taylor. g League of Women Voters of the United States, Ruth C. Clusen, national chairman. Environmental Quality. ( Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association: ( Anderson, AUen. Kreml, Franklin M., president. National Center for Resource Recovery, Dr. Richard L. Lesher, president. i National Commission