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CLEANER Act of 2017 Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2017 This bill amends the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to eliminate the exemption for waste derived from the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy from regulations governing the disposal of hazardous waste. Within a year of this bill's enactment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must: determine whether waste associated with oil, gas, or geothermal energy activities meet the criteria promulgated for the identification or listing of hazardous waste; identify or list as hazardous waste any of those wastes if they 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 those wastes. The EPA may modify the regulation of those standards to consider the special characteristics of those wastes so long as the modified regulations protect human health and the environment. Within a year of this bill's enactment, the EPA must promulgate revisions of certain criteria concerning landfills and waste management practices of open dumping for facilities that may receive wastes that are: (1) associated with those activities, and (2) not identified or listed as hazardous waste. Those revisions must: protect human health and the environment, while allowing consideration of the practicable capability of such facilities; and require groundwater monitoring as necessary to detect contamination; establish criteria for the acceptable location of new or existing facilities; and provide for corrective action and financial assurance as appropriate.

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Matt Cartwright (D)*,  Pete Aguilar (D),  Nanette Barragán (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Michael Capuano (D),  Katherine Clark (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  John Conyers (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Keith Ellison (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Eddie Johnson (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Bill Keating (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  James Langevin (D),  John Larson (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  David Loebsack (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Doris Matsui (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Jared Polis (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  John Sarbanes (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  Bobby Scott (D),  José Serrano (D),  Louise Slaughter (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Mike Thompson (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  Niki Tsongas (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Maxine Waters (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Peter Welch (D),  Frederica Wilson (D),  John Yarmuth (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. (on 04/07/2017)

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