3.0.0 484 2023-01-15T22:18:41Z 2023-01-15T22:18:41Z Senate S S 2003-02-27 108 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-02-27T22:58:32Z 2003-02-27 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2003-02-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2941-2942) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-02-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2003-02-27 True Environmental Protection Administrative procedure Agriculture and Food Air pollution control Animals Armed Forces and National Security Building materials Canada Chemicals Chesapeake Bay Child health Coal Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Drugs Electric appliances Electric batteries Electric power production Electric utilities Emissions trading Energy Environmental Protection Agency Environmental health Environmental monitoring Environmental research Environmental technology Estuaries Families Federal advisory bodies Fetus Fishes Fishing Florida Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Great Lakes Groundwater Hazardous wastes Health Health surveys Health warnings Incineration Industrial pollution International Affairs International environmental cooperation Labeling Lakes Latin America Law Licenses Lighting Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Maternal health services Medical supplies Medical wastes Mercury Mexico Military bases Municipal solid waste New York State North America Packaging Petroleum Pregnant women Public Lands and Natural Resources Recycling of waste products Rivers Science, Technology, Communications Scientific instruments and apparatus Sedimentation Soil pollution Sports and Recreation Standards Transboundary pollution Vermont Water Resources Development Water pollution control Watersheds Women Women's health Environmental Protection 00 2003-02-27 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Requires the Administrator to authorize methods of emissions control.

Establishes mercury emission baselines for electric utility and coal- and oil-fired boiler units.

Requires the regulations to ensure that recovered mercury is disposed of in a manner that ensures that: (1) mercury hazards are not transferred between environmental media; and (2) there is no release of mercury into the environment.

Directs the Administrator to establish a program of long-term disposal research and publicize emission data for each facility.

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator to publish a list of mercury-containing items to be separated and removed from the waste streams that feed solid waste facilities.

Requires mercury-content labeling by manufacturers.

Requires persons that transfer solid waste that may contain a listed mercury-containing item to submit separation and removal plans.

Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations concerning measurement of mercury emissions from solid waste combustion flue gases.

Requires permits for solid waste incineration units to specify inspection, entry, monitoring, compliance certification, and reporting requirements. Directs the Administrator to require incineration units that exceed the maximum emission rate to install measures that will result, within three years, in a rate below the specified maximum.

Prohibits, three years after this Act's enactment, the sale of mercury-containing products unless the manufacturer has been granted an exemption.

Requires reports on reductions of mercury emissions from medical and hazardous waste incinerators, military uses of mercury, the sources and extent of emissions in North America, sedimentation trends in water bodies of concern, and fish consumption advisories.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Administrator to establish an advisory committee to report on the progress made in complying with this Act's amendments.

Requires a study of mercury stockpiles and retirement. Increases funding for the National Atmospheric Deposition Program Mercury Deposition Network.]]>

Omnibus Mercury Emission Reduction Act of 2003 Display Title Omnibus Mercury Emission Reduction Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish requirements concerning the operation of fossil fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units, commercial and industrial boiler units, solid waste incineration units, medical waste incinerators, hazardous waste combustors, chlor-alkali plants, and Portland cement plants to reduce emissions of mercury to the environment, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Omnibus Mercury Emission Reduction Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-02-27T05:00:00Z 2003-02-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.