PUBLIC LAW 99-499—OCT. 17, 1986
100 STAT. 1627
or pollutants or contaminants from a site which is listed by the President as a 'Site Cleaned Up To Date' on the National Priorities -K,}! List (revised edition, December 1984) the site shall be restored to the National Priorities List, without application of the hazard ranking system. "(f) MINORITY CONTRACTORS.—In awarding contracts under this Act, the President shall consider the availability of qualified minority firms. The President shall describe, as part of any annual report Reports, submitted to the Congress under this Act, the participation of minority firms in contracts carried out under this Act. Such report shall contain a brief description of the contracts which have been awarded to minority firms under this Act and of the efforts made by the President to encourage the participation of such firms in programs carried out under this Act. "(g) SPECIAL STUDY WASTES.—
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"(1) APPLICATION.—This subsection applies to facilities— '^ ' "(A) which as of the date of enactment of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 were not included on, or proposed for inclusion on, the National Priorities List; and "(B) at which special study wastes described in paragraph (2), (3)(A)(ii) or (3)(A)(iii) of section 3001(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act are present in significant quantities, including 42 USC 6921. any such facility from which there has been a release of a special study waste. "(2) CONSIDERATIONS IN ADDING FACILITIES TO NPL.—Pending
revision of the hazard ranking system under subsection (c), the President shall consider each of the following factors in adding
- facilities covered by this section to the National Priorities List:
"(A) The extent to which hazard ranking system score for " the facility is affected by the presence of any special study i' i waste at, or any release from, such facility. -1 "(B) Available information as to the quantity, toxicity, • •- ' and concentration of hazardous substances that are
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constituents of any special study waste at, or released from such facility, the extent of or potential for release of such
hazardous constituents, the exposure or potential exposure to human population and the environment, and the degree of hazard to human health or the environment posed by the release of such hazardous constituents at such facility. This subparagraph refers only to available information on actual concentrations of hazardous substances and not on the total f quantity of special study waste at such facility. "(3) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—Nothing in this subsection shall be f construed to limit the authority of the President to remove any ( facility which as of the date of enactment of the Superfund g Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 is included on the National Priorities List from such List, or not to list any facility which as of such date is proposed for inclusion on such list. "(4) INFORMATION GATHERING AND ANALYSIS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preclude the expenditure of monies from the Fund for gathering and analysis of information which will enable the President to consider the specific factors required by paragraph (2).". -
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