I
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1055
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 14, 2007
Mr. Pallone (for himself, Ms. Solis, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Inslee, Ms. Matsui, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Berkley, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Markey, Mr. Allen, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Payne, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Castor, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Holt, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Sires, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Honda, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Clay, Mr. Ellison, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Olver, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Levin, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Farr) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to strike a provision relating to modifications in reporting frequency.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Toxic Right-to-Know Protection
Act
.
Modifications in reporting frequency
Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11023) is amended—
by striking subsection (i); and
by redesignating subsections (j) through (l) as subsections (i) through (k), respectively.
Requirements relating to toxic release inventory
Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
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 toxic 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; and
the use of a form A certification statement described in paragraph (1), or any equivalent successor thereto, 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).