S.Amdt. 4571

SA 4571. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title XXVIII, insert the
following:

SEC. 28__. ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, EXPLOSIVES CLEANUP, AND
SITE RESTORATION.

(a) In General.--As part of any land conveyance by the Army
to a public or private entity, the Secretary of the Army
shall carry out under section 2701 of title 10, United States
Code, the activities described in subsection (b).
(b) Environmental Remediation, Explosives Cleanup, and Site
Restoration Activities.--The activities described in this
subsection are--
(1) environmental remediation activities, including--
(A) any corrective action required under a permit issued by
the State in which the property is located pursuant to the
Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) relating to
the property;
(B) any activity to be carried out by the entity pursuant
to a consent agreement (including any amendments) between the
entity and the State in which the property is located
regarding Army activities at the property;
(C) the abatement of any potential explosive and ordnance
conditions on the property;
(D) the demolition, abatement, removal, and disposal of any
structure containing asbestos and lead-based paint, including
the foundations, footing, and slabs of the structure,
together with backfilling and seeding;
(E) the removal and disposal of any soil that contains a
quantity of pesticide in excess of the standard of the State
in which the property is located, together with backfilling
and seeding;
(F) the design, construction, closure, and post-closure of
any solid waste landfill facility permitted by the State in
which the property is located pursuant to the delegated
authority of the State under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) to accommodate the consolidation of any
existing landfills on the property and future requirements;
(G) lime sludge removal, disposal, and backfilling relating
to any water treatment plant;
(H) the closure of any septic tank on the property; and
(I) any financial assurance required in connection with the
activities described in this paragraph; and
(2) site restoration activities, including--
(A) the collection and disposal of any solid waste that was
present on the property before the date on which the Army
conveys the land to the entity;
(B) the removal of any improvement to the property that was
present on the property before the date on which the Army
conveys the land to the entity, including roads, sewers, gas
lines, poles, ballast, structures, slabs, footings, and
foundations, together with backfilling and seeding;
(C) any impediments to redevelopment of the property
arising from the use of the property by, or on behalf of, the
Army or any contractor of the Army;

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(D) any financial assurance required in connection with the
activities described in this paragraph; and
(E) payment of the legal, environmental, and engineering
costs incurred by the entity for the analysis of the work
necessary to complete the environmental remediation.
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