S.Amdt. 2056

SA 2056. Mr. CARPER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. 1___. THRESHOLD FOR REPORTING ADDITIONS TO TOXICS
RELEASE INVENTORY.

Section 7321 of the PFAS Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-92) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subparagraph (B)''
and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) and (C)''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Limitation.--Section 372.38 of title 40, Code of
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), shall not
apply to a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance or
class of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances
described in paragraph (1) unless the Administrator, in
accordance with subparagraph (B), revises the threshold for
reporting the substance or class of substances to 10,000
pounds.''; and

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(2) in subsection (c)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subparagraph (B)''
and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) and (C)''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Limitation.--Section 372.38 of title 40, Code of
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), shall not
apply to a substance or class of substances described in
paragraph (1) unless the Administrator, in accordance with
subparagraph (B), revises the threshold for reporting the
substance or class of substances to 10,000 pounds.''.
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