Provide regulatory certainty for cement manufacturers seeking to responsibly reuse appropriate non-hazardous materials in the cement production process.

introduced the Reforming Cement Manufacturing for Enhanced Material Efficiency and New Technology Act, or the ReCement Act, legislation to provide regulatory certainty for cement manufacturers seeking to responsibly reuse appropriate non-hazardous materials in the production process.

Obernolte introduced the ReCement Act to provide regulatory certainty for responsible reuse of non-hazardous materials in cement manufacturing.

Press Releases | Representative Jay Obernolte
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Obernolte's official House press-release index says that on June 11, 2026 he introduced the ReCement Act, described as legislation to provide regulatory certainty for cement manufacturers seeking to responsibly reuse appropriate non-hazardous materials in the production process.

Within the lookback window, Obernolte took a concrete legislative step matching the commitment, but the available official page only shows introduction, not enactment or implementation.

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Press Releases | Representative Jay Obernolte
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EPA proposed amendments to 40 CFR part 241 to designate scrap tires, including abandoned scrap tires, combusted in cement kilns as non-waste fuel and to facilitate their use as non-waste fuel and ingredient in Portland cement manufacturing. Comments closed May 22, 2026; the page shows comments are no longer accepted, not a final rule.

A federal proposed rule would partially address regulatory certainty for a category of non-hazardous material used by cement kilns, but it remained proposed rather than final as of the refresh.

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Protecting Public Health and Unleashing American Energy by Facilitating Scrap Tire Pile Cleanups
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The current eCFR version of 40 CFR part 241 says non-hazardous secondary materials used as ingredients must meet legitimacy criteria, and lists only scrap tires that are not discarded and are managed under established tire collection programs as categorical non-waste fuels. It also retains petition procedures for additional materials.

Current codified rules still rely on existing criteria, limited categorical listings, and petitions; the broader cement-manufacturing certainty contemplated by the ReCement Act does not appear codified.

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eCFR :: 40 CFR Part 241 -- Solid Wastes Used as Fuels or Ingredients in Combustion Units
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EPA explains that NHSM regulations identify which non-hazardous secondary materials are or are not solid wastes when burned as fuels or ingredients, and lists the March 23, 2026 scrap-tire proposed rule among NHSM rulemakings.

EPA's NHSM page confirms the active regulatory framework and recent proposed rulemaking, but does not show a final action delivering the full commitment.

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Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That Are Solid Waste | US EPA
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