Mr. President. today I offer an amendment cosponsored by Senator LEVIN and Senator BAUCUS that will require U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to charge inspection fees to Canadian shippers who export municipal solid waste into Michigan in order to pay for truck inspections. My amendment would impose approximately a $420 fee on every trash truck that crosses into Michigan. In 2003. the city of Toronto started shipping 100 percent of its trash to Michigan. The result? Every day. 350 trucks carrying trash from Toronto enter Michigan on their way to Michigan landfills. But they dont just carry trash. In recent years we have found illegal medical waste. including radioactive materials. and illegal drugs and currency.
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