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H.R. 2825: Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2013

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H.R. 2825: Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-07-25 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-07-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2013

Plain summary

CLEANER Act of 2013 or the Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2013 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act, with respect to the regulation of wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within one year, to: determine whether drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with such activities meet the criteria promulgated for the identification or listing of hazardous waste; identify or list as hazardous waste any of such energy-associated wastes that the Administrator determines meet the identification or listing criteria; and promulgate regulations regarding standards applicable to generators, transporters, and owners and operators of facilities for the treatment, storage, or disposal of wastes described under this Act (except that the Administrator may modify the requirements for such regulations to consider such wastes' special characteristics so long as the requirements protect human health and the environment). Directs the Administrator to promulgate revisions of the criteria regarding sanitary landfills and practices of open dumping for facilities that receive the energy-associated wastes described under this Act not identified as hazardous waste. Requires such revisions to: be those necessary to protect human health and the environment, allowing consideration of the practicable capability of such facilities; and include, at minimum, groundwater monitoring as necessary to detect contamination, criteria for the acceptable location of new or existing facilities, and provision for corrective action and financial assurance.

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Official text

Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · 70 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jared Huffman (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) and 10 more.

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Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr2825 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113