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To amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to strike a provision relating to modifications in reporting frequency.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

February 14, 2007

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mrs. BOXER, and Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. SANDERS, and Mrs. CLINTON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public WorksCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to strike a provision relating to modifications in reporting frequency.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Toxic Right-to-Know Protection Act'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS IN REPORTING FREQUENCY.

(a) In General- Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11023) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by striking subsection (i); andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by redesignating subsections (j) through (l) as subsections (i) through (k), respectively.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Conforming Amendments- Sections 322(h)(2) and 326(a)(1)(B)(iv) of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11042(h)(2), 11046(a)(1)(B)(iv)) are amended by striking `313(j)' each place it appears and inserting `313(i)'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the `Administrator') shall establish the eligibility threshold regarding the use of a form A certification statement under the Toxics Release Inventory Program established under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq.) at not greater than 500 pounds for nonpersistent bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) the use of a form A certification statement described in paragraph (1), or any equivalent successor to the statement, shall be prohibited with respect to any chemical identified by the Administrator as a chemical of special concern under section 372.28 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink