The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, July 24, at 9:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “E-manifest: An Update on Implementation"
Next week’s hearing will review and examine the implementation of the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act, a bill that the Energy and Commerce Committee helped usher into law during the 112th Congress in 2012. The law was enacted to modernize the dated paper manifest system that tracked the type and quantity of hazardous waste being transported to a modern electronic based system. The law should help to reduce paper work, alleviate burdensome costs on waste handlers, states, and private entities, and streamline the hazardous waste shipment process.
Chairman Shimkus noted, “The law calls on EPA to have the e-Manifest system online by October 5 of this year and hazardous waste handlers cannot begin tracking their shipments electronically until EPA establishes that system. It’s important for the committee to learn where EPA is in the process of implementing the law. The sooner the law is followed the sooner we will begin to see the benefits of lower costs and increased accountability and transparency for how our hazardous waste is transported and managed."
The Majority Memorandum, a witness list, and witness testimony will be available here as they are posted.
