• July 11, 2012
• By Jeremy Carroll

Congress has increased fines for hauling hazardous wastes without proper registration.

House Bill 4348, approved by the House and the Senate, and signed by the president, increases the fine for hauling hazardous wastes without a permit from "not more than $20,000" to "not less than $20,000, but not to exceed $40,000."

The increase came inside the bill to reauthorize the federal surface transportation program.

Also part of the legislation is the approval of a hazardous material technical assessment, research and development, and analysis program. The program would be aimed at reducing the risk associated with the transportation of hazardous material and identifying and evaluating new technologies to facilitate the safe, secure and efficient transportation of hazardous materials, the bill says.

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