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S. 2634

Small Business Relief Act of 2000

Small Business Relief Act of 2000 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to exempt from liability for response costs at a facility listed on the National Priorities List under provisions governing the arrangement for treatment, disposal, or transport, or acceptance for transport, of hazardous substances any person who: (1) is a business that, for the taxable year preceding notification that the business is a potentially responsible party (PRP), employed employees the aggregate time worked by whom was equivalent to that worked by no more than 100 full-time employees; and (2) is not affiliated through any familial or corporate relationship with any PRP responsible for response costs at the facility.

Makes such exemption inapplicable if: (1) the hazardous substance concerned contributed, or could contribute, significantly to the cost of the response action; (2) liability arises as a result of the person's gross negligence or intentional misconduct; or (3) the person failed to comply with any request for information or administrative subpoena issued by the President under CERCLA or impeded the performance of a response action with respect to the facility.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO](R-MO)Sponsor
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    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

    Environment and Public Works Committee
  2. IntroReferralB00100

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4463)

  3. IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate