To provide for the expedited cleanup of the Tar Creek Superfund Site.

SA 2445. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

SEC. 423. TAR CREEK SUPERFUND SITE.

(a) In General.--To expedite the cleanup of the Federal land and Indian land at the Tar Creek Superfund Site (referred to in this section as the “site”), any purchase of chat (as defined in section 278.1(b) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)), from the site shall be--

(1) counted at twice the purchase price of the chat; and

(2) eligible to be counted toward meeting the federally required disadvantaged business enterprise set-aside on federally funded projects.

(b) Restricted Indian Owners.--Subsection (a) shall only apply if the purchase of chat is made from 1 or more restricted Indian owners or an Indian tribe.

(c) Applicable Law.--The use of chat acquired under subsection (a) shall conform with applicable laws (including the regulations for the use of chat promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency).