The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday approved legislation to address recycling concerns and reauthorize the brownfields program.
S. 347, from Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), would re-up EPA’s program to clean up dilapidated or previously contaminated sites through grants.
The “STEWARD Act” — S. 351, from Capito and ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) — would fund waste management data collection and building out recycling infrastructure primarily in rural areas.
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Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) expressed concern about the committee advancing the legislation when President Donald Trump is moving block spending.
