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 PUBLIC LAW 110–143—DEC. 21, 2007

121 STAT. 1809

Public Law 110–143 110th Congress An Act To provide for a research program for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007’’. SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Dec. 21, 2007 [H.R. 365] Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007. 42 USC 9660 note.

The Congress finds the following: (1) Methamphetamine use and production is growing rapidly throughout the United States. (2) Materials and residues remaining from the production of methamphetamine pose novel environmental problems in locations where methamphetamine laboratories have been closed. (3) There has been little standardization of measures for determining when the site of a closed methamphetamine laboratory has been successfully remediated. (4) Initial cleanup actions are generally limited to removal of hazardous substances and contaminated materials that pose an immediate threat to public health or the environment. It is not uncommon for significant levels of contamination to be found throughout residential structures after a methamphetamine laboratory has closed, partially because of a lack of knowledge of how to achieve an effective cleanup. (5) Data on methamphetamine laboratory-related contaminants of concern are very limited, and cleanup standards do not currently exist. In addition, procedures for sampling and analysis of contaminants need to be researched and developed. (6) Many States are struggling with establishing remediation guidelines and programs to address the rapidly expanding number of methamphetamine laboratories being closed each year. SEC. 3. VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES.

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(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES.—Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’), in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall establish voluntary guidelines, based on the best currently available scientific knowledge, for the remediation of former methamphetamine laboratories,

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