Sec. 312. Biannual certification by commanders of the combatant commands relating to the prohibition on the disposal of waste in open-air burn pits
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Paragraph
(2)of subsection
(a)of section 317 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( Public Law 111–84 ; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) is amended to read as follows: Except as provided under subparagraph (B), the commander of each combatant command that is engaged in a contingency operation shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives biannual certifications that covered waste under the jurisdiction of the commander has not been disposed of in violation of the regulations prescribed pursuant to paragraph
(1)during the period covered by the certification. If a commander determines that certification cannot be made under subparagraph
(A)because, with respect to covered waste under the jurisdiction of the commander, no alternative disposal method was feasible for an open-air burn pit pursuant to regulations prescribed under paragraph (1), the commander shall notify the Secretary of Defense of such determination and the Secretary shall— not later than 30 days after such determination is made, submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives notice of such determination, including the circumstances, reasoning, and methodology that led to such determination; and after notice is given under clause (i), for each subsequent 180-day-period during which covered waste is disposed of in the open-air burn pit covered by such notice, submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives the justifications of the Secretary for continuing to operate such open-air burn pit. .
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Biannual certification by commanders of the combatant commands relating to the prohibition on the disposal of waste in open-air burn pits
Pub. L.Pub. L. 111-84
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