House Sponsors: HASSERT-NOVAK-PERSICO. Short description: EPA-NONSPEC WASTE CERTIF Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Environmental Protection Act to redefine "special waste". Provides that certain industrial process waste and pollution control waste shall be managed as special waste unless the generator provides a specified certification. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Provides that, to the extent that a term or condition of an existing permit requires the permittee to treat as special waste a material that is made a non-special waste under this amendatory Act of 1997, that term or condition is hereby superseded, and the permittee may treat that material as a non-special waste, even if the material is identified in the permit as part of a particular waste stream rather than identified specifically as a special waste. Excludes portable devices and containers with up to one inch of special waste residue from the category of industrial process waste or pollution control waste that is considered to be special waste. Deletes the provision limiting the effectiveness of a non-special waste certification to 3 years. Removes the requirement that the certification be maintained on site. Requires the certifying generator to maintain the certification while it is effective and for 3 years following termination of its effectiveness. Allows the Agency to require a generator to analytically test waste following certification if it believes the certification to be inaccurate. Deletes potentially infectious medical waste and hazardous waste from the list of waste categories that a generator may certify to that his or her own waste does not fall under and, therefore, that his or her waste is not industrial process waste or pollution control waste (or special waste). Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status