2279) is a bill that would change the frequency of reports from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about solid waste regulations.

The bill would authorize the EPA to review regulations related to solid waste disposal only when necessary instead of every three years as required under current law.

The legislation also would remove a long-expired deadline, which the EPA has already met, regarding regulations for the owners and operators of certain types of facilities that produce, transport, treat, store, and dispose of hazardous substances.

[4] Based on information from the EPA, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) expects that removing the current requirement to review certain regulations every three years would reduce administrative costs.

The CBO estimates that, on balance, implementing this legislation would not have a significant net impact on spending that is subject to appropriation over the 2014-2018 period.

[4] The Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013 was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on June 6, 2013, by Rep. Cory Gardner (R, CO-4).

They argued that the bill "eliminates a basis for a lawsuit where public interest and industry plaintiffs are seeking regulatory certainty and a reasonable timeline for the EPA to establish coal ash safeguards.

[9] The legislative director Andrea Delgado said that "the only thing these bills are concerned about protecting is the polluter’s ability to get away with poisoning communities and leaving their mess behind for someone else to clean up.

"[9] A coalition of 64 environmental and other interest groups (on both the state and national level) joined to write a letter to the chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy expressing their opposition to this bill and two others.

[10] The groups contend that the bill would "remove critical federal protections for communities impacted by the use and disposal of hazardous and solid wastes.