S.Amdt. 57

1. Adds SEC. __. EFFECTIVE DATE wherever appropriate

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. __. EFFECTIVE DATE.

   Inserted: This Act shall not take effect until the President determines that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with other relevant Federal agencies, has completed a comprehensive study analyzing the human health impacts of the pipeline described in section 2(a), including--

   Inserted: (1) increased air pollution in communities near refineries that will process the up to 830,000 barrels per day of tar sands crude that will be transported through the pipeline, including assessment of the cumulative air pollution impacts on the communities;

   Inserted: (2) increased exposure of communities to particulate matter and heavy metals from the disposal, storage, and use of petroleum coke that results from the refining of the tar sands crude that will be transported through the pipeline;

   Inserted: (3) increased exposures in communities to benzene, volatile organic compounds, hydrogen sulfide, and other toxic substances that may result from spills or the contamination of water supplies from tar sands crude transported through the pipeline; and

   Inserted: (4) increased cancer rates and exposures to elevated levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ("PAHs"), mercury, and other toxic pollutants, where the tar sands crude that will be transported through the pipeline is mined, extracted, upgraded, or refined.

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